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A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF CHARLES AND JOHN 
MAC'LAY WHO CAME TO AMERICA IN THE YEAR 1734. 


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COPYRIGHT, 1889. 
EDGAR STANTON MACLAY. 
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preface. 


TT is not necessary in this age of enlightenment to demonstrate the practical 
. utility of a genealogical record. Characters are moulded according to 

the models which surround them, and it is universally recognized that in 
the formation and development of the mind, the nearest of kin exert the 
greatest influence. An honest record of the honorable career of our ancestors 
cannot fail of beneficent influences in the character building of the present 
and future generations, while the emulation excited not only gives an 
additional stimulus to the desire to preserve the family name unblemished^ 
but to add, if possible, to its luster. And as with the individual, so with the 
state. The family is the state. As the standards of the family are degrading 
or elevating, so will the state suffer or profit. It is peculiarly incumbent 
upon the family, then, to see to it that their standards of manhood are not 
allowed to deteriorate through neglect or indifference; this especially so with 
those that derive their ancestry from the originators and founders of our 
nationality. 

It is my privilege to take this opportunity of expressing my obligations 
for the generous and hearty co-operation of all the branches of our family in 
the compilation of this work. The cordial support of the now scattered 
families of the Maclays of Lurgan is highly gratifying, indicating as it 
does that undying spirit of loyalty to the family name, which has made 
Scottish clans a conservative and powerful people. It is this clannish 
spirit that has. in all ages and in all climes, made the Scotchman a man of 
power in whatever community he dwelt, and it is a matter of congratulation 
to observe this same spirit existing to-day with such force among the 
scattered branches of the Maclays of Lurgan. 

AY e are under great obligation to our kinsmen, Sir George Macleay, K.C. 
M. G., and Dr. Archibald Maclay, of New York City, for two excellent 
accounts of the early history of our common clan. The information given by 
Sir George, taken in connection with the sketch furnished by I)r. Archibald 
Maclay, gives us, perhaps, the best account of the Clan Maclay in exist- 
ence ; certainly a well connected and comprehensive history of the clan in its 
earliest days. 

As to the record of the Maclays of Lurgan, I have made every endeavor 
to trace each branch down to the present time. None have been 'fitted 









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where there was any possibility of reaching them. The few instances where 
the descent has not been brought down to our da} 7 , were left incomplete 
simply because of the impossibility of gleaning further information concerning 
them. It is possible and highly probable, that on the wide distribution of 
this work, these lost traces will come to light so that at some future day a 
second edition will comprise many, if not all of them, thus bringing the 
genealogy nearer to a perfect record of the family. But under present con- 
ditions the work is as complete as it is possible to make it. 

The basis of our record will be found in Dr. Egle’s invaluable 
work, (i Pennsylvania Genealogies,” my work being but an amplification 
of his sketch of the “ Maclays of Lurgan.” His sketch of John Maclay 
“ Of Carpenter’s Hall ” and of United States Senator William Maclay I have 
used, with a few corrections, almost intact as being too valuable to change. 
I have had the assistance of Mrs. Emma L. Sharpe and Miss Elizabeth 
Tittle who were also engaged in Dr. Egle’s sketch of our family. To Dr. 
David Maclay, of Green village, and Dr. Samuel Maclay, of Washington, 
D. C., I am indebted for valuable records. From Judge William Maclay 
Hall, Mrs. Livia Maclay Plurner, and the Hon. David Maclay, of Sligo, Penn- 
sylvania, I have received relics and information of great interest. To Judge 
Robert Maclay Widney and Dr. Joseph Pomroy Widney, Dean of the Los 
Angeles Medical College, I am largely indebted for my information regarding 
the California branch of the family. Our admirable record of the Nebraska 
and Florida branches are due entirely to the efforts of Samuel Maclay, Esquire, 
of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Mrs. William Duncan Maclay, of Pensacola, Florida, 
wfidow of the late General William D. Maclay. In conclusion, I wish to 
express my indebtedness to each and every member of the family for their 
prompt, hearty and indispensable assistance in compiling this record of the 
“Maclays of Lurgan.” 

EDGAK S. MACLAY. 

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In response to my inquiries relative to the pre-American history of tlie 
Clan-Maclay, Oswell Macleay, Esquire, of England, forwarded tlie following 
interesting communications: “About twelve years ago my uncle, Sir George 
Macleay, had a correspondence about the family with Mr. Kenneth Macleay, a 
kinsman who was a distinguished artist and a member of the Royal Scottish 
Academy, and of whose fame in the North you can judge by this extract from 
the Scotsman after his death : ‘ The Queen has written to a member of the 
Royal Scottish Academy expressing her regret at the death of Mr. Kenneth 
Macleay, R. S. A., and signifying her condolence with his family. The funeral 
of Mr. Macleay was solemnized yesterday in St. Cuthbert’s burying ground. 
Edinburgh, and was attended by a large number of the members and associates 
of the Royal Scottish Academy and others.’ Mr. [Kenneth] Macleay writes 
under date November 3rd, 1877 : — 

Regarding our clan I many years ago made every possible inquiry as to their history, locality in 
the Highlands, the origin of their name, their tartan, etc. In brief the result of my researches was — 
that they were a distinct clan prior to their terrible slaughter at the battle of Bealloch nam Brogue, 
at which both the clans engaged were equal sufferers. They had a distinctive tartan of their own, and 
tho’ after their reverses as above they drew under the Mackenzies, they continued to wear their own 
as well as that of the Mackenzies, the chief colours of their own, Macleay, tartan being purple and 
yellow. From some old Highlanders I had described to me a very near approach and the very set of it. 

“ Subsequently Mr. Kenneth Macleay, by my uncle’s desire, asked a Mr. 
1). C. MacPherson (who was attached to the Advocate’s Library in Edinburgh) 
to look carefully through the old MSS. there to see if he could find any thing 
to throw light upon the early history of our clan and under date July 15th, 
1878, this Mr. MacPherson writes : — 

After a long search I have not been able to find any (further) trace of the Macleays. In our MS. 
copies of Sir Robert Gordon — English and Latin translations of the same — the name is spelt Clan leaw, 
Clan leaws, Clan leiw and Clan laiws. 

“ Mr. MacPhei •sen then proceeds to give the extract relative to Loch 
Achilty from Mr. Downie’s ‘ New Statistical Account’ of Contin to which you 
refer in the proof sheet of your work. Sir George much regrets that it is not 
in his power to give you any further information except possibly (if you 
should desire it) in connection with the Clan Mackenzie. It has been a great 
pleasure to him, as to all the other members of our family here, to learn from 
you how flourishing and honourable is the position to which our clansmen over 
the Atlantic have attained, and we are all much gratified to feel that the 
American Maclays take as keen an interest as ourselves in the history of our 
ancient family. I wish that I could have given you some fuller information, 
but your own researches have carried you as far as it is in our power to go.” 

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“ The extract here given is taken from page 36 of Sir Robert Gordon’s 
work. From a subsequent paragraph it appears that the then Earl of Ross 
was surnamed Builton, evidently of Norman ancestry. The Earl had dis- 
possessed the three Highland clans mentioned from their lands, and it was, 
doubtless, in attempting to recover them that the MacToers, (no trace of 
this name seems discoverable anywhere now) the MacTals (?) and the Mac- 
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Bealligh-ac-Broig. It does not appear how the Earl of Ross was dispossessed 
of these lands, but shortly afterwards they came into the possession of the family 
of Mackenzie, who had received the grant of Kintail from the Crown in 1266, 
and subsequently. were possessed of all the territory belonging to these unfor- 
tunate clans. The Macleays being thus a broken clan ever afterwards 
became allies and dependents of the Clan Mackenzie.” 

EXTRACT FROM SIR ROBERT GORDON’S WORK. 

About this tyme [A. D. 1375] ther was ane insurrection maid against the Earle of Rosse by some 
of the people of that province inhabiting the mountanes called Clan-juer, Clan-toloigh and Clan -leayws. 
The Earle of Rosse maid such dilligence that he apprehended their captan and imprisoned him at 
Dingwall, which so incensed the Highlanders that they pursued with great furie the Earle of Rosse’s 
second sone at Balnagoron, whom they took prisoner and carried him along with them, thinking 
theirby to get their captan released. The Monroes and the Dingwalls hearing of this uproar, con- 
veined ther forces and pursued the Highlanders; so overtaking them at a place called Bealligh-ac Broig, 
between Ferrandonald and Lochbroun, ther ensued a cruele fight, which followed on either syd. The 
Clan-Toer, Clan-taloich and Clan -Acmes wer almost utterlie extinguished and slain. The Monroes and 
Dingwalls had a sorrowful victorie, with great loss of ther men ; and carried bak agane the Earle of 
Rosse’s sone. Dingwall of Kildun was ther slane with seaven score of the surname of Dingwall. 
Divers of the Monroes wer killed in that conflict, and amongst the rest ther wer slane eleven Monroes 
of the house of Failles that wer to succeed one after another, so that the succession of Faules fell unto 
a ehyld then lying in his cradle. For the which good service the Earle of Rosse gave divers lands onto 
the Monroes and the Dingwalls. 


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“The above extract is taken from ‘A genealogical history of (lie Earldom 
of Sutherland from its origin to the year 1639, written by Sir Robert Gordon 
of Gordonstown, Bart, etc., etc., Edinburgh, 1813. The MS. from which this 
work was printed was in the possession of the Marchioness of Stafford ; a 
similar one was in the Advocates Library at Edinburgh. The author was Sir 
Robert Gordon, a younger son of the family of Sutherland, born in 1580, who 
spent most of his life in the courts of James and Charles the First, and was 
the ancestor of the Family of Gordonstown, to whom he bequeathed a large 
estate in the County of Elgin.” 


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“William Macleay, the son of a William Macleay who married a Catherine Munro (who was the 
son of a William Macleay who married a daughter of Mackenzie, of Kincraig), went, about 1765, from 
Edgerton, Ross-shire, into Caithness where he became a person of considerable importance, being for 
many years continuously Provost of Wick under the old system, a Deputy-Lieutentant for the county, 
and Vice-Admiral of the Coast. He married Barbara Rose, daughter of a cadet of the house of Roi e 
of Kilvavock, and was the father of Alexander Macleay, of Bilister, Caithness; of Kenneth Macleay, 
of Newmore, Ross-shire, and of John Macleay, of Keiss, Caithness. Alexander Macleay was in the 
public service in England, and during the whole of the Napoleonic wars was Secretary to the Transport 
Board and Sick and Hurt Board, and subsequently was sent to New South Wales as Colonial Secretary. 
In that colony he afterwards became the first Speaker of the first Colonial Representative Assembly, 
and there he died. Mr. Macleay was a man of great scientific acquirements, and held the post of 
Honorary Secretary to the Lincean Society from its foundation until lie left England. Many geograph- 
ical features of New South Wales were named after him, and his name is also handed down by its 
having been conferred on many objects in all branches of natural history. His eldest son, William 
Sharpe Macleay, who was for many years in the diplomatic service of his country, has a world wide 
reputation owing to his scientific writings on various matters of natural history. 

“The family is now represented by one of the youngest surviving sons of Mr. Alexander 
Macleay, viz. : Sir George Macleay, K. C. M. G. , who has been connected with the progress of discovery 
in the interior of New South Wales, having accompanied Captain Sturt (1829-30) when South Australia 
was discovered. Sir George was for many years a member of the Legislature of New South Wales. 
He lias no family. A younger brother, James Robert Maclay, was also in the diplomatic service of 
England; his eldest son, Alexander Caldeleugh Macleay, is married and has a son, James William 
Ronald, born in July, 1870.” 







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By the courtesy of Dr. Archibald Maclay of New York City, who has in 
his possession an old manuscript by an unknown writer, we are enabled to 
give a well authenticated sketch of the Clan Maclay in its earliest history. 
The handwriting of this document is that of a style in vogue many years ago, 
while the manner in which the subject is treated shows scholarly research and 
an intimate knowledge of the clan. U. S. Senator William Maclay, who 
visited Europe in 1760, records that he found the names of his ancestors 
spelled McLea, McClea, Maclea, Macleay and finally, Maclay. From some old 
records preserved in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Judge William Maclay Hall, of 
Bedford, Pennsylvania, copied the following family signatures : Elinor M’Clea, 
John M’Clea, Charles McClea, John McCleay and John McClay. The above 
orthography so closely coincides with the spelling of the name in the following 
document as to leave no room for doubt as to their being one and the same 
clan. 


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“The Mac Leays or Clan Laigh were an independent Tribe and inhabited 
the country around Loch Achilty, in the Parish of Contin, County of Ross. 
In the earliest and most important of the known events in their history we 
find them associated with the Clan Ivor and said to be under the command of 
Donald Garve M’lvor (Anderson’s History of the Frasers p. 53) and on page 
361 of the Transactions of the Iona Club de rebus Albanices, is the Genealogy 
of MacLeod, in which the name of Ivor occurs several times, and as the 
M’lvors to this day inhabit some of the oldest lands of the Clan Leod, may 
they not be of that race and ‘ Laigh the Strong’ (from whom are named the 
Clan Laigh), son of Fergus of the Red side (Mic laidare, or Clan h MicFergusa 
lict dearg) [be] the ancestor of this Clan Laigh or Macleay. 

“Sir Robert Gordon spells it Clan Leayne and Laine (page 36), Mr. W. 
F. Skene (page 216) MacLeays, — Anderson(page 53) M’Leas. In page 238 
of the new statistical account of Ross and Cromarty shires written by the able 
and intelligent Rev. Chas. Downie, Minister, we find ‘ there is still in Loch 
Achilty a small island likewise supposed to be artificial. It belonged to Mac 
Lea Mhor, i. e. Great MacLea, who possessed at the same time a large extent 
of property in the parish (Contin) and who was wont in seasons of danger to 
retire to the island as a place of refuge from his enemies. The ruins of the 
buildings he there occupied may still be traced. A niche was long seen in the 
wall of the church (of Contin) called Cruist Mhic-a-Lea, from its having formed 
part of a vault, in which that family was buried.’ 

“Tradition has not only preserved the site of MacLea’s Stronghold and 
Burial place, but still speaks with a thousand tongues of the gallant and 
obstinate struggle in which this brave Tribe sunk before the Normans and 
Normandized Celts: the Frazers, Dingwall s and Monroes; Tho’ the date of 
this fierce battle is uncertain and ranges from 1272 (Sir Robert Gordon) to 


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1452 (Douglas Baronage Monroe of Failles page 83) yet a child can point 
out to the stranger the Field of the Battle of ‘ Bealach nam Broig.’ Centuries 
have not, it may be said, washed out the Blood stains from the Rocks of the 
pass of the Brogue, which records as another Thirmopyloe the valour and 
prowess, almost the existence of the indomitable MacLeays. 

“It is the common error in Traditional History to place events one, two, 
and even three centuries before they really happened and it seems not alto- 
gether improbable that the MacLeays lost their property in consequence of the 
death of the Lain! of Kilduii in the battle — they certainly lost it from the 
slaughter of one of the chieftains — and the interest of MacKenzie united to the 
bravery of Rosie Mlior, acquired among his less fortunate foster clans 
received it for his powerful Family. 

“In John M’Kenzie’s of Applecross Genealogies of the MacKenzies (page 
18) is the genealogy of Rosie Mlior, son of Kenneth 8, Lord of Kintail who 
died in 1491. This Rosie was in his Youth debauched by the MacLeays his 
comrades, among whom he was fostered, being then a somewhat loose and 
broken people. He committed several extortions upon the King’s Commons 
in Brae Ross, and other Riots, for which, and his unjust killing of the Laird 
of Kildun (King James V.) caused, apprehended and comit him prisoner to the 
Isle of Bass. He was taken thence to encounter a famous wrestler whom he 
overthrew before his majesty which with his more prudent behavior there- 
after, got him so much of the King’s favor, that within a short time, he sent 
him home to his country — and was pleased to allow him the lands Achilty 
and Kinnahaird being of the annexed property of the crown, for his life rent 
use. Rosie Mhor died at Contin 17th March the year 1588 and is buried at 
Bealun. 

“Acliilty was ever afterwards held by the MacKenzies tiro’ possibly the 
M’Leays were kindly tenants and occupied their old lands, and let us hope the 
rough, bold cateran Rosie Mhor — had foster child and foster brother’s love and 
regard for them — his descendants of Achilty Fauluern and Andros were con- 
sidered the hardiest and bravest men of the Clan Coineact, and many a tale is 
told of that courage which they seem to have imbibed with the foster milk of 
the brave MacLeas. In the Ward law MSS. a history of the Frasers by the 
Minister of Wardlaw there are some further notices of the Clan Leay, particu- 
larly of the disastrous battle of where the Clan Lea, Clan Ivor and 

Clan Aula were defeated, it is also referred to in Anderson’s History of the 
Frasers.” 

From the above it appears that the Clan Mac-lay were overwhelmed in 
the great battle of Bealach nam Broig, the date of which ranging from 1272 to 
1452, and from that time they led a somewhat scattered life. We find two of 
them at this day in the Russian service, one a M. de Miklouho-Maclay who 
has taken a very prominent part in Russian -colonization schemes on the coast 
of New Guinea and the other Admiral Baron von Maclay. 

During the reign of King James I. of England the lands of the Irish Earls 
of Tyrone and Tyrconnell, consisting of some five hundred thousand acres in 
North Ireland were confiscated on the detection of their plot to subvert the 
English government. This land was divided into small tracts and given by 
King James, who was a Scotch Presbyterian, to his countrymen on the sole 
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four years. Another Irish insurrection gave occasion for a second confiscation 
so that nearly six counties in the province of Ulster were given to Scotchmen. 
The King’s policy was to root out the native Irish, who were Celts and Roman 
Catholics hostile to his government, and supplant them with people of his own 
blood and faith. 'File distance from Scotland to North Ireland was only 
twenty miles and the lands thus offered were among the best on the island, 
though at this time uncultivated and barren through the indolence of its 
degraded j )easantry. 

Some of the Maclays availed themselves of this tempting offer ami 
settled in County Antrim. “Many of these Scotchmen,” says Mr. McCauley 
in his history, “went over, many of them though not Lords, were Lairds and 
all of them were men of enterprise and energy and above the average in intelli- 
gence. They went to work to restore the land to fruitfulness and to show the 
superiority of their habits and belief to those of the natives among whom they 
settled. They soon made the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Caven, Donegal, 
Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Monaghan and Tyrone to blossom in the 
rose.” 

As these were the first Protestants introduced into Ireland, our ancestors, 
the Maclays, must have migrated there after the year 1603 and before 1635, 
but at what precise date we are at present unable to determine. Judging by 
the fact that Charles Maclay was designated as the Baron of Fingal, however, 
it is presumable that his ancestors were early established in Ireland. These 
Scotchmen immediately assumed control of the counties in which they settled 
and retained a dominating influence to this day, against the encroachments of 
the English church on the one side and the Romanists on the other. 

It is here that we touch upon the term “Scotch-Irish.” It is a provincial- 
ism and used exclusively in the United States. It is unheard of in Ireland or 
Great Britian, and is very misleading to those not familiar with its origin. It 
is naturally assumed to mean a mixture of the Scotch and Irish blood so that 
we frequently hear of the “Scotch-Irish” descent in contra-distinction to the 
“pure Scotch” when there are few races that have so little in common. The 
term is obviously misleading and for that reason should be used with discre- 
tion. 

On the restoration of the several Roman Catholic monarchs after James I, 
persecutions fell on the Scotch in North Ireland, inducing thousands of them 
to sail to New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina and especially Pennsylvania 
where William Penn offered them lands, freedom of worship and the making 
of their own laws. Hundreds of Scotch families that had the means, came to 
America. On the 30th of May, 1734, we find the second migration of our 
branch of the Clan Maclay in the brothers Charles and John Maclay who 
sailed from Belfast on that day, thus becoming pioneers of the clan in the New 
World. 

In September, 1736, one thousand families sailed from North Ireland for 
Pennsylvania. “ They brought with them,” says the History of Franklin 
County, [p. 20] “a hatred of oppression and a love of freedom in its fullest 
measure, that served much to give that independent tone to the sentiments of 
our people which prevailed in their controversies with their home and foreign 
governments years before they seriously thought of independence. They filled 
up this valley [the Cumberland. | They fought the savage and stood as a 


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wall of fire against his farther forays eastward. Between 1771 and 1773 over 
twenty-five thousand of them (all Presbyterians) came hither, driven from the 
places of their birth [North Ireland] by the rapacity of their landlords. This 
was just before our revolutionary war and while the angry controversies that 
preceded it were taking place between the American colonies and the English 
government, these settlers upon their arrival here were just in that frame of 
mind that was needed to make them take the part they did with the patriots 
in favor of liberty and independence of the mother country. 

“The ScotchJrish, in the struggle for national independence were ever to 
be found on the side of the colonies. A Tory was unheard of amongst them. 
1 doubt if the race ever produced one. Pennsylvania owes much of what she 
is to-day to the fact that so many of this race settled within her borders as 
early as they did. They were our military leaders in all times of danger and 
they were among our most prominent law-makers in the earliest days of the 
colony, and through and after the long and bitter struggle for freedom and 
human rights. They helped to make our constitutions and to frame our 
fundamental laws ; they furnished the nation with five Presidents and our 
state 'with seven Governors, many United States Senators, Congressmen, 
Judges and others eminent in all the avocations of life. The names of these 
patriots and wise men as well as the names of many of their descendants, are 
familiar words, not only here but throughout the Union ; and none of the 
many diverse nationalities of which this great people is composed, did more for 
the national good, prosperity and glory, than those known as the ‘Seotch- 
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Charles Mae-lay 1 of County Antrim, North Ireland, was a descendant of 
the Maclays who came from Scotland between the years 1610 and 1650. 
Whether or not Charles 1 himself was born in Scotland is a matter of conjecture, 
but it is certain that his immediate ancestors were born in Scotland for the first 
Protestants in North Ireland went over during the reign of James I, 1603— 
1635, and Charles’ was born about 1635. That he came from a family of high 
standing and that he had an education enjoyed by few in that day is attested 
by the documents and seals which have come down to us and by the positions 
his sons took in the army. Charles 1 by his first wife had three sons: Owen 2 , 
Charles 2 and Henry 2 . Owen 2 was an officer in the army of King Janies II, and 
followed the fortunes of that monarch to France where he acquired considera- 
ble property. His brother Charles 2 was also an officer in the royal army and 
was killed in a duel with a French officer in Dublin. Henry 2 , the third son 
was likewise an office in the royal army and was killed in the Battle of. Boyne 
in 1690. 

The afore-mentioned Charles Maclay 1 on the death of his first wife, married 
a Scotch lady by the name of Hamilton or Hawthorne, and had a fourth son, 
John Maclay 2 . John Maclay 2 married and had three children : Charles 3 , born 
in 1703, John 3 , born in 1707 and Eleanor 3 , born in 1709. Owen Maclay 2 re- 
turning from France desired to take his nephew Charles 3 to that country and 
educate him but his father would not consent without a guarantee that he 
would be brought up in the Protestant faith. Owen would not agree to this 
and returning to France he died their a bachelor and left his property to 
strangers. Eleanor Maclay 3 was married to a Mr. Johnston and remained in 
Ireland, but her brothers Charles 3 and John 3 determined to migrate to 
America and on the 30th of May, 1734, sailed from Belfast for the New World. 
In due course of time they sighted the coast of New Jersey and ascending 
Delaware Bay located in New Garden township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 
But in 1743 they pushed out to the extreme frontier and settled in Hopewell 
township, Lancaster County, now known as Lurgan township, Franklin County, 
Pennsylvania. 

They entered the Cumberland or Conococheague Valley. Day, in his His- 
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that a great part of the best lands in the Conococheague Valley were, at the 
first settlement of the country, what is now called in the Western States 
prarie. The land was without timber, covered with a rich luxuriant grass, 
with some scattered trees, hazel bushes, wild plums and crab apples. It was 
then generally called ‘ the barrens.’ The timber was to be found on or near 
the water courses, and on the slate soil. This accounts for the preference 
given by the early Scoteh-Irish settlers to the slate lands before the limestone 
lands were surveyed or located. The slate lands had the attraction of wood, 
water courses and water meadows, and were free from rock at the surface. 
Before the introduction of clover, artificial grasses, and the improved system 
of agriculture, the hilly limestone lands had its soil washed off, was disfigured 
with great gullies and was sold as unprofitable, for a trifle, by the proprietaries 
who sought other lands in Western Pennsylvania.” 

Mr. M’Caulev in his history of Franklin County, however, takes a some- 
what different view : u When we look at the immense bodies of fine timber in 
the limestone regions of our county, and compare the productiveness of our 
limestone lands with that of our slate lands, we cannot but think that tradition 
must have been in error. But whether correct or incorrect in this regard, the 
fact is undeniable that this country was very rapidly settled. The Scotch - 
Irish flocked into the valley in vast numbers and from 1730 to 1735 settled 
upon and improved large tracts of land at various points, from the Susque- 
hanna to the southern line of the province and by their presence and well- 
known attachment to Protestant modes of thought and government, forever 
put to rest all the fears of the proprietaries that the adherents of Catholic Mary- 
land would ever take away from them their rights along the southern boun- 
deri.es of their possessions.” The Rev. Michael Schlatter, a German Reformed 
clergyman, journeyed through this valley in 1748 and observed: “ On the 
Cono-go-gig we reached the house of an honest * schweitzer ’ [supposed to be 
Jacob Suively of Antrim township] where we received kind entertainment 
with thankfulness. In this neighborhood there are very fine lands for culti- 
vation and pasture, exceedingly fruitful without the application of manure. 
The Turkish corn [Indian maize] grows to the height of ten feet and higher, 
and the grasses are remarkably fine. Hereabouts there still remains a good 
number of Indians, the original dwellers of the soil.” 

It was in this beautiful valley of the Cumberland that the brothers 
Charles 3 and John 3 settled. Charles 3 halting by Conococheague Creek in Lur- 
gan township, near where the Middle Spring Meeting House now stands, 
broke the deep silence of the wilderness with the clear ring of his sturdy 
axe as he commenced the task of building himself a home out of the primeval 
forest. John 3 in 1744 located under the shadow of the great mountain 
that bounds Horse Valley on the north, a short distance below the present 
town of Roxbury near the Vanderbilt Railroad tunnel ; hence the appellation 
‘John Maclay of the Mountain.’ There on a beautifully romantic hill-side 
shaded by the mountain cliffs and watered by pleasantly rippling streams 
he built a substantial log house which has been occupied by his defendants 
over a hundred years. Like his brother Charles 3 he spent his life in the care 
of his lands and providing for the immediate necessities of life. It is recorded 
in the minutes of the church of Middle Spring that he was ordained a rilling 
elder in that church in May, 1747, by the Rev. John Blair, a most worthy and 










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learned man who afterward became Vice-President of Princeton College. 

In 1733 Charles Maelay 3 married Eleanor Query daughter of William 
Query of County Antrim, North Ireland, who came to America about 1740 
and settled in Path Valley, but afterward removed to North Carolina. 
Eleanor Query was born in County Antrim in the year 1707 and died in 
Lurgan township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, July 27th, 1789. Charles 
Maelay 3 died in September, 1753. They are both buried in Middle Spring 
church yard. John Maelay 3 in 1747 married Janet McDonald. They also are 
interred in Middle Spring church yard. 




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JOHN 4 , .... 

B. 

1734. 

i). 

1804. 

WILLIAM 4 , .... 

B. 

1737. 

i). 

1804. 

CHARLES 4 , .... 

B. 

1739. 

i). 

1834. 

SAMUEL 4 , .... 

B. 

1741. 

I). 

1811. 

ELEANOR 4 , in. JOHN MACLAY 4 , 

B. 

1750. 

i). 

1810. 


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JOHN 4 , in. ELEANOR MACLAY 4 , 

B. 

1748. 

D. 1800. 

CHARLES 4 , .... 

B. 

1750. 

K. 1778. 

ELIZABETH 4 , m. Col. CULBERTSON, 

B. 

1752. 

n. 

SAMUEL 4 , .... 

B. 

1754. 

K. 1775. 


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JOHN MACLAY 4 , (son of Charles, John?, Charles ’) the first son of Charles 
Maelay 3 the settler, was born in County Antrim, North Ireland, on the loth 
of May, 1734, just twenty days before his parents sailed for America. He 
built the first mill on the Conodoguinet Creek and erected a substantial log 
house of hewn timbers, strongly dove-tailed together, fortifying the doors and 
windows with heavy bolts for protection against Indian attacks. This house 
is yet standing and is now occupied by the fourth John Maelay, a lineal de- 
scendant of the builder. He was appointed a provincial Magistrate in 1730 
and was a member of the Provincial Conference held in Carpenter’s Hall, 
Philadelphia, in June, 1776, and on the separation of the United States from 
the mother country served three terms in the Pennsylvania Legislature — ’90, 
’92 and ’94. His ability is attested to us by the fact that he, one of the settlers 
in the thinly populated western frontier, was chosen by the people of Cumber- 
land County to represent both his immediate neighbors and the people of the 
more thickly populated eastern part of the county in that conference which 





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declared that they, on behalf of the people of Pennsylvania, were “ willing to 
concur in a vote of Congress declaring the United Colonies free and indepen- 
I i dent States.” His bearing on this occasion undoubtedly had much to do with 


undoubtedly 

his election afterward to the Assembly. As were all the Scotch settlers, J ohn 
Maclay was deeply religious and manifested great interest in the affairs of the 
church, officiating for a long time as ruling elder of Doctor Cooper’s church at 
Middle Spring, and was one of the trustees at the time the old log structure 
Avas replaced by a stone edifice in 1783. On the 17th of December, 1755, he 
married Jane, daughter of DaA T id Dickson and Catherine Greenlee, of North 
Ireland. He died on the 17th of October, 1804, his wife Jane surviving him 
till April 3d, 1812. The genealogy of their children is given under the head 
“ Descendants of John Maclay of Carpenter’s Hall.” 







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UNITED STATES SENATOR. 

B. 1737. ^==3^®===^. D. 1804. 

WILLIAM MACLAY 4 , (son of Charles 3 , John 3 , Charles \) the second 
son of Charles 3 the settler \\ T as born on the 20th of July, 1737, in New Garden 
township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. In 1742 his father moved to 
Lurgan township where he spent his boyhood days on the paternal farm. 
When the French and Indian Avar broke out he was at Rev. John Blair’s 
classical school in Chester County, and desiring to enter the sendee of the 
Province his tutor gave him a recommendation “as a judicious young man and 
a scholar,” which secured him the appointment of ensign in the Pennsylvania 
battalion. 

He studied law and was admitted to the York County Bar April 28th, 
1760, but it is doubtful if he ever practiced his profession at that court as the 
continued Indian Avar and his subsequent duties as suiweyor engaged his 
entire time ; although from a letter of John Penn’s it would seem that he was 
afterward admitted to Cumberland County Bar, and had acted for the pro- 
thonotary of that county. At the close of the French and Indian Avar he 
visited England and had an interview Avith Thomas Penn, one of the Proprie- 
taries, relative to the surveys in the middle and northern parts of the Province. 

In 1772 he laid out the town of Sunbury and erected for himself a stone 
house which was standing a feAV years since. Upon the organization of the 
County of Northumberland he Avas appointed Prothonotary and clerk of the 
county. He also acted as the representative of the Penn family and took a 
prominent part in the so-called Pennamite war. In writing to the secretary of 
the ProAunce in April, 1773, he says : “If hell is justly considered the rendez- 
vous of rascals, we cannot entertain a doubt of Wyoming being the place,” 
but much as he was prejudiced against the Connecticut settlers he foresaw the 
future A r alue of the land of the valley and advised Penn not to sell his reserva- 
tion there. 

At the outset of the Revolution, although an officer of the Proprietary 
government, William Maclay took a prominent and active part in favor of in- 







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dependence and assisted in equipping and forwarding troops to the Continen- 
tal army. During this long war he held the position of assistant commissary. 
In 1781 he was elected to the Assembly of Pennsylvania and from that time 
filled the various offices of member of the Supreme Executive Council, Judge 
of tne Court of Common Pleas, Deputy Surveyor and was one of the commis- 
sioners for carrying into effect the act respecting the navigation of the Sus- 
quehanna. 

In January, 1789, he was elected to the United States Senate, taking his 
seat as the first senator from Pennsylvania. The question as to which of the 
senators should hold the long term of office was decided by lot, William 
Maclay drawing the short term which was to expire March 3rd, 1791, while 
Robert Morris, his colleague, drew the long term. His election to this body 
raised him upon a higher plane of political activity and contact with the 
Federal chiefs of the Senate only strengthened his political convictions which, 
formed by long intercourse with the people of Middle Pennsylvania, were 
intensely democratic. He began to differ with the opinions of President 
Washington very early in the session. He did not approve of the state and 
ceremony attendant upon the intercourse of the President with congress ; he 
flatly objected to the presence of the President in the Senate while business 
was being transacted and boldly spoke against his policy in the immediate 
presence of President Washington. The New England historians, Hildreth 
and Goodrich, repute Thomas Jefferson as the “ efficient promoter at the be- 
ginning and father and founder of the Democratic party.” Contemporary 
records, however, show beyond a doubt that if not the father and founder of the 
Democratic party, William Maclay anticipated Mr. Jefferson in the public 
exposition and defense of that party’s fundamental principles. Before Mr. 
Jefferson returned from Europe, William Maclay assumed an independent 
position and in his short career of two years in the Senate propounded ideas 
and gathered about him the elements to form the opposition which developed 
with the meeting of Congress in Philadelphia on the 24th of October, 1791, 
in a division of the people into two great parties, the Federalist and Demo- 
cratic, which for the first time appeared in open and organized opposition. 

The funding of the public debt, chartering of the United States Bank 
and other measures championed necessarily by the administration, whose duty 
it was to put the wheels of government in motion, engendered opposition. 
William Maclay, to use his own language, “ no one else presenting himself ” 
fearlessly took the initiative aud with blunt common sense (for he was not 
much of a speaker) and democratic ideas, took issue with the ablest advocates 
of the administration. Notwithstanding the prestige of General Washington 
and the ability of the defenders of the administration on the floor of the Senate, 
such was his tact and resolution that when, after his short service, he was 
retired from the Senate and succeeded by James Ross, a pronounced Federalist, 
their impress was left in the distinctive lines of an opposition party ; a party 
which, taking advantage of the warm feeling of our people toward the French 
upon the occasion of Jay’s treaty with Great Britain in 1794 and of the un- 
popularity of the alien and sedition laws passed under the administration of 
John Adams in 1798, compassed the final overthrow of the Federal party in 
1800. 

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in open and secret sessions with observations upon the social customs of the 
first statesmen of the Republic. These notes have been edited and published 
by George W. Harris. While an extended notice of this journal in this work 
is impossible a few quotations will not lie out of place. 




DINNER WITH ROBERT MORRIS. 

Dined this day with Mr. Morris. Mr. Fitzsimmons and Mr. Clymer, all the company, 
except Mrs. Morris and three children. Mrs. Morris talked a great deal after dinner. She 
did it gracefully enough. This being a gayer place, and she being here considered as at 
least the second female character at court. As to taste, etiquette, etc., she is certainly the 
first. I thought she discovered a predilection for New York ; but perhaps she was only 
doing it justice, while my extreme aversion, like a zealous sentinel, is for giving no quarter. 

I, however, happened to mention that they were ill supplied with the article of cream. 
Mrs. Morris had much to say on this subject. Declared they had done all they could, and 
even sent to the country all about, but that they could not be supplied. She told many 
anecdotes on this subject. Particularly how, two days ago, she dined at the President’s. 
A large and fine looking trifle was brought to table and appeared exceedingly well indeed. 
She was helped by the President, but on taking some of it she had to pass her handkerchief 
by her mouth and rid herself of the morsel — on which she whispered the President, the 
cream of which it is made had been unusually stale and rancid ; on which the General 
changed his plate immediately. But, she added with a titter, Mrs. Washington ate a whole 
heap of it. 


VISIT BY WASHINGTON. 

Last Thursday I ought to note with some extraordinary mark. I had dressed and was 
about to set out, when General Washington, the greatest man in the world, paid me a visit. 
I met him at the foot of the stairs. Mr. Wynkoop just came in. We accompanied him to 
the door. He made us complacent bows — one, before he mounted, and the other, as lie 
went away, on horseback. I attended at the Hall ; just nothing at all done. I, however, 
paid very formal visit to the Vice-President. It began to rain, and I came home. 

THE PRESIDENT AT THE THEATRE. 

I received a ticket from the President of the United States, to use his box this evening 
at the theatre, being the first of his appearance at the play-house since his entering on his 
office. Went. The President, Governor of the State, Foreign Ministers, Senators from 
New Hampshire, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland and South Carolina, and some 
ladies in the same box. I am old, and notices or attentions are lost on me. I could have 
wished some of my dear children in my place. They are young, and would have enjoyed it. 
Long might one of them live to boast of their having been seated in the same box with the 
first character in the world. The play was “The School for Scandal. I never liked it. 
Indeed, I think it an indecent representation before ladies of character and virtue. Farce, 
“ The Old Soldier.” The house was greatly crowded, and I thought the players acted well; 
but I wish we had seen the Conscious Lovers, or some one that inculcated more prudential 
manners. 




DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT. 

Just as the Senate had fairly entered on business, I was called out by the door-keeper 
to speak to Col. Humphreys. It was to invite me to dinner with the President, on Thurs- 
day next at four o’clock. I really was surprised at the invitation. It will be my duty to go; 
however, I will make no inferences whatever. I am convinced all the dinners he can now 
give, or ever could, will make no difference in my conduct. Perhaps he has changed his 
mind of me. I was long enough in town, however, before my going home. It is a thing, 
of course, and of no consequence ; nor shall it have any with me. 

Senate adjourned early. A little after four, I called on Mr. Bassett, of the Delaware 
State. We went to the President’s, to dinner. 

The company were: President and Mrs. Washington, Vice-President and Mrs. Adams, 
the Governor and his wife, Mr. Jay and wife, Mr. Langdon and his wife, Mr. Dalton and 









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a lady, perhaps his wife, and Mr. Smith, Bassett and myself, Lear and Lewis, the Presi- 
dent’s two secretaries. The President and Mrs. Washington sat opposite each other, in the 
middle of the table. The two secretaries, one at each end. It was a great dinner, and the 
best of the kind ever I was at. The room, however, was disagreeably warm. First , was 
soup; fish, roasted and boiled; meats — gammon, fowls, etc. This was the dinner. The 
middle of the table was garnished in the usual tasty way, with small images, flowers, 
(artificial) etc. The desert was first apple pies, puddings, etc., then iced creams, jellies, 
etc. ; then water-melons, musk-melons, apples, peaches, nuts. 

It was the most solemn dinner ever I sat at. Not an health drank — scarce a word said, 
until the cloth was taken away. Then the President, taking a glass of wine, with great 
formality, drank to the health of every individual, by name, round the table. Everybody 
imitated him — charged glasses; and such a buzz of health, sir. and health, madam, and 
thank you, sir, and thank you madam, never had I heard before. Indeed, I had like to 
have been thrown out in the hurry; but I got a little wine in my glass, and passed the 
ceremony. 

The ladies sat a good while, and the bottles passed about — but there was a dead silence 
almost. Mrs. Washington at last withdrew with the ladies. I expected the men would now 
begin, but the same stillness remained. The President told of a New England clergyman, 
who had lost a hat and wig in passing a river called the Brunks. He smiled and everybody 
else laughed. He now and then said a sentence or two on some common subject, and what 
he said was not amiss. * * * * There was a Mr. Smith who mentioned how Homer 

described .Eneas leaving his wife and carrying his father out of flaming Troy. He had 
heard sombodv (I suppose) witty on the occasion; but if he had ever read it he would have 
said Virgil. The President kept a fork in his hand, when the cloth was taken away, I 
thought for the purpose of picking nuts. He ate no nuts, but played with the fork, strik- 
ing on the edge of the table with it. We did not sit long after the ladies retired. The 
President rose, went up stairs to drink coffee — the company followed. I took my hat and 
came home. 

Upon Iris retirement from the Senate, Mr. Maclay resided permanently on 
his farm adjoining Harrisburg where lie erected the stone mansion which for 
many years was occupied by the Harrisburg Academy. In the year 1795 he 
was elected a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and was 
again elected in 1803. He was a presidential elector in 1796 and from 1801- 
1803 officiated as one of the Associate Judges of Dauphin County. On the 
16th of April, 1804, he died in Harrisburg. He is buried in Paxtang Church 
Yard. 

Mr. Harris, who edited Senator Maclay’s journal gives the following 
summary of his character : “ He was a man of strict integrity, of positive 
opinions, having implicit confidence in his own honesty and judgement. He 
was inclined to be suspicious of the integrity of other whose sentiments or 
actions in matters of importance differed from his own and the journal is 
evidence of the strength of his intellect.” In personal appearance he was six 
feet and three inches in height, his complexion light while his hail- in middle 
age appears to have been brown and was tied behind or “clubbed.” Mr. 
Harris narrates that he “well remembered, when a young collegian during the 
summer vacation, lie used to watch Mr. Maclay wearing a suit of white flannel 
with lace rufflles, walking up and down the river bank in Maclay ville — as it 
was then called — and he thought he had never seen such a dignified, majestic 
old gentlemen, while he added I was always half afraid of him, he seemed to 
awe me into insignificance.” 

William Maclay on the 11th of April, 1769, married Mary McClure 
Harris, daughter of John Harris, the founder of Harrisburg. She survived 
her husband five years, dying on the 13th day of April, 1809. For account of 
their descendants see following pages. 















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H. 1739. . 0 _ s =^*3 & =^. i). 1834. 


CHARLES M ACL AY 4 , (son of Charles, John 2 , Charles',') the third son 
of Charles 3 the settler, was born in New Garden township, Chester County, 
Pennsylvania, on the 8th of August, 1739. lie lived a long and peaceful life 
not far from the old homestead, devoting his entire attention to the develop- 
ment of his farm. On the 23rd of August, 1782, he married Mary Temple- 
ton. She died on the 12th of December, 1312. Charles Maclay died on the 
30th of October, 1834, in Lurgan township without issue. 



“ He lived,” says Valley Spirit in its issue of August 27th, 1884, “a long and very 
quiet life in contrast with his brothers. He was no politician hut spent his days in reading 
his Bible, and in visiting the sick and in doing good. He was a great friend to the ‘ poor 
Indian,’ ever cultivating his friendship and good will. Living in a retired place the Indians 
burnt houses all around his farm yet never molested his household. He lived to the great 
age of ninety-six and died in 1834. 

“ An incident shows the regard and esteem or reverence, possibly it may be called, in 
which Charles Maclay was held by the Indians. Several years after his settlement in his 
new home, he was sitting, one day, on the steps of his cabin, in contemplation, with his 
Bible on his knee, when suddenly there emerged from the thick forest in front of him two 
Indians carrying guns in their hands. It was evident to him the Indians saw him and that 
it was then too iate to effect concealment, so remaining seated he watched their quiet 
approach until a spring thirty or forty yards from the cabin was reached. There they 
halted with evident signs of not knowing what to do. The idea seized him to beckon them 
to approach. They did so and partook joyously of his hospitality, after which with signs 
demonstrative of their gratitude, they retired to their forest home and ever after lived on 
terms of friendship with the kind old gentleman, never allowing any depredation to be 
committed on his farm.” 

Senator £»amnd 3,41 ac lap. 

UNITED STATES SENATOR. 



B. 1741. 


D. 1811. 







SAMUEL MACLAY 4 , (son of Charles, John 2 , Charles'} the last son of 
Charles 3 the settler, was born in Lurgan township, Franklin County, Pennsyl- 
vania, on the 17th of June, 1741. He was educated at the classical school of 
the Rev. Dr. Alison. In 1767 and 1768 we find him an assistant deputy sur- 
veyor to his brother William and in 1769 lie assisted his brother in the 
surveys of the “ Officer’s Tract,” a tract of land in Buffalo Valley, lying largely 
in Mifflin County which was awarded to officers serving under the Colonial 
government. He took a large section of this land and settled on it. On the 
outbreak of the Revolution he was elected Lieutenant Colonel of the Northum- 
berland County Associators, the then militia of the state, and saw active 
service. He was sent as a delegate with McLanachan, Geddes and Brady to 
the Convention held in Lancaster, July 4, 1776, which was convened to organ- 
ize the Associators. In 1792 he was appointed one of the Associate Judges 
of Northumberland County which post of responsibility he held until Decem- 
ber 17th, 1795, when he resigned to accept the office of Congressman. He 
was elected to this position in October, 1794, and carried his county by eleven 
hundred majority, the total being only two thousand eight hundred and fifty. 


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He served in Congress for the session 1795-96. In 1797 he was elected a 
member of the Senate of Pennsylvania, which office he held until 1803. On 
the 2d of December, 1801, he was chosen Speaker of the State Senate and was 
re-elected to the Speakership on the 7th of December, 1802. Seven days 
after, on the 14th of December, 1802, he was elected United States Senator 
from Pennsylvania, and being Speaker of the State Senate at the time, signed 
his own certificate. In January, 1803, he presided at the impeachment trial 
of Judge Addison. He continued acting in the capacity of Speaker of the 
State Senate and Senator from the State of Pennsylvania after March 3rd, 
1803, against the protest of the opposition until March 16, 1803, when he 
resigned the speakership, and on the 2d of the following September, his posi- 
tion as State Senator, retaining only his seat as United States Senator. On the 
4th of January, 1809, he resigned his seat in the United States Senate owing 
to ill health and retired to private life at his farm in Buffalo Valley, where 
he died on the 5th of October, 1811. His remains are buried on the farm. 

Senator Maclay was very popular in his manner, a good scholar, an 
efficient writer and one of the ablest statesmen of Pennsylvania. On the 10th 
of November, 1773, he married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of William Plunket, 
and Esther Harris, the daughter of John Harris, the founder of Harrisburg, 
and cousin to the Hon. William C. Plunket late Lord Chancellor of Ireland. 
She and the wife of Senator William Maclay were cousins. She died in 1835. 
For biography of their children, see subsequent pages. 

ELEANOR MACLAY 4 , the only daughter of Charles 3 the settler, was 
born on the 20th of September, 1750. In 1771 she was married to her first 
cousin John Maclay 4 , son of John 3 the settler. 







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1800. 


JOHN MACLAY 4 , (son of John}, John 2 , Charles'') the first son of John 3 
the settler, known as John Maclay “ Of the Mountain,” was born on the farm 
near Roxbury, in 1748. He followed the bent of his father’s life and remained 
on the farm cultivating and aiding in the development of the settlement. He 
likewise was an elder in Dr. Cooper’s congregation at Middle Spring. In 
1771 he married his first cousin Eleanor Maclay, only daughter of Charles 
Maclay 3 . He died in 1800. They are both buried in Middle Spring church 
yard. For the biography of their descendants, see subsequent pages. 

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1778. 



CHARLES MACLAY 4 , (son of John 3 , John 2 , Charles' ri the second son 
of John 3 the settler, was born on the farm near Roxbury, Franklin County, 
Pennsylvania, in 1750. During the war of the Revolution he enlisted a com- 
pany of volunteers and in 1778 marched to Philadelphia with the battalion from 
the valley. Mr. M’Cauley in his history of Franklin County, (p. 68) says : 







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“ The battalion was raised in Hamilton, Letterkenny and Lurgan townships, 
and tradition says that they were the flower of the valley, brave, hearty and 
resolute Presbyterians, nearly all members of the old Rocky Spring church. 
Captain Maclay’s company numbered one hundred men, raised in old Lurgan 
township, each man over six feet in height.” At the Battle of Crooked 
Billet, May 4th, 1778, Captain Maclay was killed with most of his company 
who refused to surrender. General Tracy in his report of the battle says : 
“ that the wounded were butched in a manner the most brutal savage could 
not equal ; even while living, some were thrown into buckwheat straw and 
the straw set on fire and burnt up.” “ This report is borne out,” says Mr. 
McCauley, “by the testimony of persons residing in the vicinity who saw the 
partially consumed bodies in the fire.” 


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B. 1751. 


K. 1775. 


SAMUEL MACLAY 4 , (son of John 3 , John 2 , Charles',) the third son of 
John Maclay 3 the settler was born on the farm near Roxbury, ‘Franklin 
County, Pennsylvania, about 1751. He became an officer in the regular array 
and was killed on the 17th of June, 1775, at the Battle of Bunker Hill, on 
the very threshold of the memorable struggle for independence. 

ELIZABETH MACLAY 4 , the only daughter of John Maclay 3 the settler, 
was married to Colonel Samuel Culbertson “ Of the Row.” Theii descendants 
include the Rev. James Culbertson of Zanesville, Ohio, Mrs. John Rea, widow 
of General Rea, who was a member of Congress from Pennsylvania for sev- 
eral sessions, and the Rev. Samuel C. McCune of Iowa. 




A summary of the Maclays of Lurgan is thus given in the Valley Spirit 
in its issue of August 27th, 1884 : — 

“ The history of the Maclays is one which we doubt if any family in the State can pro- 
duce the like. They have been honored with high positions but none of these were 
bestowed unworthily ; their talents transmitted from generation to generation, merited each. 
A list of all the offices to which they were appointed by government or elected by the peo- 
ple cannot be made but a partial one shows that two members of the family were Judges ; 
two served terms in the United States Senate; two served three sessions in the House of 
Representatives of Congress; six were members of the Legislature of Pennsylvania for twelve 
years, and twelve and more county offices were filled by them. Three were soldiers; two 
of them fell while fighting bravely in the wars for the liberty of America, and one displayed 
the greatest heroism by contending desperately against the foe after being galled with 
fearful wounds. In all these preferments their course of action was determined by a high 
sense of patriotism and marked by the sternest principles of right and justice. Not the 
slightest discredit was ever cast upon one of them, either while serving as officers of govern- 
ment or as private citizens, and their descendants can reflect upon their lives and deeds with 
a pride not unjustified and stimulated not falsely. Tenure of office was not accompanied 
with vain-glory and they returned to private life with the unaffected simplicity of manner 
they had always maintained. By marriage they acquired an extensive connection with some 
of the foremost families of the State, many of whose members were eminent as jurists and 
legislators. Their genealogical tree has many branches and each has born rich fruit, though 
none surpasses those having the Maclay name.” 






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B. 1769. l). 1826. 


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Of the daughters of the Hon. John Maclay, “ Of Carpenter’s Hall :” — 

CATHERINE 5 , on the 28th of December, 1783, was married to William 
Irwin. They moved to Lexington, Kentucky, and settled on a farm in the 
beautiful blue-grass region. She died on the 19th of July, 1837, and her 
husband, on the 12th of March. 1828. They had children: Colonel Stephen- 
son, d. June 21st, 1825, and John Maclay, d. 1856. The latter had children : 
Nancy , Martha, Elizabeth and Martha. 

ELEANOR 5 , the second and last daughter of the Hon. John Maclay 
Of Carpenter’s Hall,” was married to Captain David McKniglit of Ship- 
pensburg on the 18th of November, 1890. In 1813 they moved to Ohio. 
She died September 8th, 1833. They had children : John, David, Elisha, 
Ebenezer-Findlay, Eleanor, Charles Maclay and Jane. All of the sons 
at an early age moved to Eastern Tennessee. 

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CHARLES MACLAY 5 , (son of John*, Charles?, John 2 , Charles'') the 
first son of the Hon. John Maclay “ Of Carpenter’s Hall,” was born in Lurgan 
township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the 22d of May, 1757. On the 
22d of June, 1788, he married Susannah Linn who was born in 1764. In the 
year 1813 they moved to Ohio and settled in Champaign County about six 
miles north of the present city of Urbana. Here Charles Maclay purchased a 
large tract of land on which lie erected a substantial homestead and laid out a 
family burying ground. He died on the 4th of January, 1815, his wife 
Susannah surviving him till August 10th, 1847. They had children : — 



JOHN, (1) - 

- 

- 

- 

B. 

1789. 

D. 

1792. 

WILLIAM, - 

- 

- 

- 

B. 

1792. 

D. 

1817. unm. 

CHARLES, - 

- 

- 

- 

B. 

1795. 

D. 

1844. 

JOHN, (2) - 

- 

- 

- 

B. 

1799. 

D. 

1862. 

ELIJAH, 

- 

- 

- 

B. 

1802. 

D. 

1877. unm. 

JANE-NICHOLS, 

- 

- 

- 

B. 

1806. 

I). 

1844. 

JAMES LINN, 

- 

- 

- 

B. 

1809. 

D. 

1886. 


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Ci)ittU« |d. JMrtclrtij. 

B. 1844.<m===®*®==^ 

CHARLES MILTON MACLAY’, (son of 
Charles?, Charles s 6 , John*, Charles 3 , John* Charles 1 ,) 
the second son of Charles Maclay 6 and Sarah Ann 
Sidesinger was born on the 24th of February, 
1844, in Champaign County, Ohio. On the 26th 
of December, 1872, he married Alphonson Mayse 
of Mount Tabor, Champaign County, Ohio. He 
resided on his farm in Logan County, Ohio, until 
the year 1886, when he moved to Washington, 
D. C., where he is now engaged in business. 
During the civil war he served in Company G of 
the 132d Regiment of Ohio. 



JANE 6 , the only daughter of Charles 
Maclay 6 , was born on the 5th of July, 1806. 
On the 21st of June, 1832, she was married 
to James Nichols. She died on the 9th 
of August, 1844. They had children: 
Thomas L., b. June 14th, 1833. [lie mar- 
ried Sarah Foust on the 23d of April, 1863, 
and had children : Margaret , b. February 
20tli, 1866; Merry, b. February 19th, 1870, 
d. March 27th, 1889.] Margery S., b. 
January 5th, 1836, who was married to Jo- 
seph Williamson on the 22nd of February, 
1882 ; no children. La yin a, b. September 
7th, 1837, d. February 1st, 1881, Virginia 
Octavia, b. May 22d, 1840. [She was 
married to Joseph Williamson (who after- 
ward married her sister Margery) on the 
14th of November, 1857. They had chil- 
dren: Margery Elizabeth , b. July 16th, 1860; 
Mary Jane , b. July 8th, 1863; James D., b. 
May 17th, 1867; Charles W., b. November 
23d, 1870.] d. April 28th, 1874. James 
Henry, b. July 21st, 1844. who married 
Francenia Mead on the 18th of October 1878, 
and has two children. 

Of the sons of Charles Maclay 6 and 
Susannah Linn : — 

e. 1795. — • o. d 1844. 

CHARLES MACLAY 6 , (son of Charles', 
John*, Charles », John 1 , Charles 1 ,) the third 
son of Charles Maclay 6 was born in Franklin 
County, Pennsylvania, on the 12th March, 
1795. On the 10th of September, 1835, he 
married Sarah Ann Sidesinger of Adams 
County, Pennsylvania. He died on the old 
homestead, January 24th, 1844, where his 
remains are interred. His wife Sarah sur- 
vived him till January 31st, 1883, being an 
invalid the last twenty-three years of her life. 
They had children : — 

Charles Linn, - - b. 1836. d. 1837. 

Mary Susannah-Kirkwood, b. 1838. 

Charles Milton, - - b. 1844. 

Of these children : — 

MARY SUSANNAH’, the only daughter of 
Charles Maclav 6 and Sarah Ann Sidesinger, was 
bora on the 15th of January, 1838, On the 7th of 
February, 1871, she was married to John S. 
Kirkwood, of West Liberty, Ohio. They have one 
child May, b. July 5th, 1872. 



STolju 


B. 1799. 


-J=5S}S<2==!_(|. D. 1862. 


JOHN MACLAY 6 , (son of Charles', John*, 
Charles', John', Charles l ,) the fourth son of 
Charles Maclay 6 was born on the 13th of 
September, 1799, in Franklin County, Penn- 
sylvania. He was educated in the common 
schools of his native town. In 1822 he mar- 
ried Jane Thompson of Washington, Penn- 
sylvania, and moved to Ohio, changing his 
residence from Champaign, Shelby, Logan 
and Hancock Counties. In 1846 he moved 
Wapella County, Iowa, and in 1847 to Illi- 
nois, Tazewell County, where he purchased 
one hundred and twenty acres of land seven 
miles south-east of Farmington County where 


lie lived to the day of his death. 

He died 

on the 9th of June, 1862. He 
dren : — 

left chil- 

Susannah, 

b, 1824. 

d. 1829. 

Chares, 

B. 1825. 

d. 1849. 

Sarah Jane-Campbell, 

B. 1827. 

d. 1850. 

William Ordway, 

b. 1830. 

d. 1869. 

Ebenezer Wills, 

B. 1832. 

D. 1873. 

Samuel, 

B. 1834. 


Mary Eliza-Brown, 

B. 1836. 

D. 1870. 

Matilda Maria-Brown, 

B. 1840. 


John Hogue, 

B. 1843. 


Milton Sachet, 

B. 1845. 


Harriet-Warren, 

B. 1848. 


Of the above children, 

the daughters: — 

SARAH JANE 7 , the second daughter of John 






Maclay 6 and Jane Thompson, was born in Ohio on 
the 8th of October, 1827. On the 1st of January, 
1849, she was married to Thomas Campbell of 
Tazewell County, Illinois. She died in Peoria, 
Illinois, on the 26th of February, 1850, leaving 
one child Sarah E. who also died July 12tli, 1865. 
Thomas Campbell died in 1857. 






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MARY ELIZA 7 , the third daughter of John 
Maclay 6 and Jane Thompson was born in Ohio on 
the 28th of August, 1836. On the 11th of Novem- 
ber, 1860, she was married to Mr. L. P. Brown, of 
Farmington, Illinois. She died at Beatrice, Neb- 
raska, on the 14th of December, 1870, leaving two 
children, Jennie and Effie, 

MATILDA MARIA 7 , the fourth daughter of 
John Maclay 6 and Jane Thompson, was born in 
Ohio November 3rd, 1840. On the 3rd of March, 
1873, she was married to Mr. L. P. Brown. They 
have one child, a daughter. 

HARRIET 7 , the fifth and last daughter of John 
Maclay 6 and Jane Thompson was born in Tazewell 
County, Illinois, on the 6th of August, 1848. On 
the 5th of July, 1886, she was married to George 
S. Warren, of Illinois. They have two sons: 
Edward and Frank. They now live at Reynolds, 
Nebraska. 

Of the sons:— 

jaittUtmn ©. ifWaclrttj. 

B. 1830. D. 1860. 

WILLIAM ORDWAY MACLAY 7 . (son of 
John 6 , Charles' 1 , John*, Charles 3 , John*, Charles 1 ,) 
the second son of John Maclaj 6 was born on the 
30th day of August, 1830, in Ohio. On the 10th 
of March, 1861, he married Catherine Kearney of 
Glenwood, Iowa. He died on the 21st of June, 
1869, his wife surviving him till October 18th, 
1871. They had three children : Charles, Edith 
and Frank 

©benefpv lit. jjjjttaclat}. 


B. 1832. 


D. 1873. 



EBENEZER WILLS MACLAY 7 , (son of John 6 , 
Charles 6 , John*, Charles 3 , John?, Charles 1 ,) the 
third son of John Maclay", was born on the 15th 
of June, 1832. He married Rebecca Campbell 
He died in Minouk, Illinois, on the 8th of March, 
1873, without issue. 

§amufl IFtacimj. 

b. 1834. .» ■ — — •- «. 

SAMUEL MACLAY 7 , (son of John ", Charles ", 
John*, Charles s , John*, Charles 1 ,) the fourth son of 
John Maclay 6 , was born in Findley, Ohio, on the 
28th of July, 1834. He received his education in 
Brimfield Academy, Peoria County, Illinois. On 
the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted, April 
26th, 1861, in the 17th regiment of Illinois for 
three years, with which regiment he was engaged 




in the battles of Shiloh, Vicksburgh, Fort Don- 
aldson, and Frederickstown. In the last battle 
he was wounded in the left shoulder. In Octo- 
ber, 1869, he was elected Sheriff of Lancaster 
County, Nebraska, and was re-elected in 1871, 
1873 and 1875, serving in all four successive terms. 
In 1881, he engaged in the real estate business in 
Lincoln, Nebraska, which he has continued to the 
present time. On the 8th of February, 1872, he 
married Sarah Lamb, of Cashocton, County, 
Ohio. They have children : — 

Minnie Julia, - b. 1874. 

Hattie Lamb. - - b. 1880. 

latent. 3riljn Iplaclatj. 

UNITED STATES ARMY. 

JOHN HOGUE MACLAY 7 . (son of John*, 
Charles 6 , John*, Charles 3 . John 3 Charles 1 ,) the 
fifth son of John Macla} 6 , was horn on the old 
homestead in Champaign County. Ohio, on the 
5th of October, 1843. He received his education 
in the Peoria Business College. On the outbreak 
of the civil war he enlisted, August 16th, 1861, in 
Company G. of the 47th Illinois Volunteers and 
served until February, 1866, at which time he at- 
tained the rank of lieutenant of Company B. of 
the same regiment. He participated in the battle 
of New Madrid, seige of Island No. 10. seige of 
Corinth, Red River expedition, seige of Vicksburg, 
attack on Fort Spanish, Mobile and many others. 
In 1879 he was elected Commissioner of Lan- 
caster County, Nebraska, and re-elected in 1880 
and 1881. In 1882, he was elected Clerk of the 
same county and re-elected in 1883 and 1884. In 
1884 he was elected Register of Deeds for a term 
of four years. In 1867, January 1st, he married 
Tryphena M. Wickwire of Farmington, Illinois, 
and moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, where they now 
reside. 

They have children : — 


William Leonard, 
Kate, 

Fay Inez, 


b. 1867. 
B. 1869. 
B. 1883. 


liTUtcm £*. Utadmj. 

MILTON SACKET MACLAY 7 , (son of John ", 
Charles 6 , John*, Charles 3 , John 3 , Charles 1 ,) the 
sixth and last son of John Maclay 6 was born in 
Champaign County, Ohio, on the 1st of December, 
1845. He is not married. 










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$on. g)mnb iptaclmj* 

PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. 

b. 17G2. SNess— 2&i) d. 1839. 




DAVID MACLAY 5 , (sou of John *, Charles- 3 , John 2 , Charles',) the second 
son of the Hon. John Maclay 4 “ Of Carpenter’s Hall,” was born in Lurgan 
Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the 20th of November, 1762. 
On the 8th of September, 1785, he married his cousin Eleanor, daughter of 
Senator Samuel Maclay and Elizabeth Plunket. He settled on the valuable 
farm in Kishoquillas Valley given to him by his father-indaw, but on the 
death of his wife and children he returned to his home near the mill which he 
had purchased nine years before from his father. Here he lived for the re- 
mainder of his days. On the 6th of October, 1806, he married a second time, 
his second wife being Eleanor, daughter of John Herron and sister of the Rev. 
Francis Herron. 

David Maclay was a man of fine literary attainments, and he found more 
pleasure in the perusal of his well selected library and in the company of his 
family than in the politics of his day. He was brought up in the Presbyte- 
rian faith and was deeply attached to that church throughout his long life. He 
possessed an imposing physique, was mild and amiable in his manners and 
endeared himself to all who knew him. 

By his first wife he had children : — 

SAMUEL, - - - b. 1797. D. infancy. 

JANE, - - - b. 1799. n. infancy. 

BETSEY, - - - - b. 1801. n. infancy. 



Q\ 



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By his second wife he had children 


JOHN, 

- b. 1807. 

n. 

DAVID, 

b. 1808. 


JANE ELIZA, 

- b. 1810. 

D. 

CHARLES TEMPLETON, - 

b. 1812. 

D. 

FRANCIS HERRON, 

b. 1815. 


JAMES HERRON, - 

- b. 1818. 

D. 

MARY ELEANOR McCUNE, 

- b. 1822. 

D. 




Of these children, the daughters 

JANE ELIZA 6 , the first daughter of 
the Hon. David Maclap and Eleanor Her- 
ron, was married in 1832 to John McGinley, 
son of the Rev. Dr. McGinley. They had a 
son, John, who died unmarried. On the 
death of her husband, Jane Eliza was mar- 


§- 




ried to Judge Joseph Pomeroy. They had 
no children. She died in 1866. 

MARY ELEANOR MACLAY 6 the second 
and last daughter of the Hon. David Maclay 6 
by his second wife, Eleanor Herron, was 







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married on the 11th of February, 1840, to 
Samuel Elder McCune. She died July 
14th, 1854, and her husband died in 1850. 
They left children : Dr . David Maclay , Theo- 
dore and James A Ibert. All these sons served 
in the civil war, David being a prisoner for 
nine months in Andersonville Prison. 
He was killed in 1884, in Leadville, Colo- 
orado, while assisting at a fire, only thirty 
days after his brother James was killed bv 
being thrown from a train between New 
York and Philadelphia. At the time of his 
death, James was the Mayor of Pueblo, Col- 
orado. Theodore is married and without 
issue. 

Of the sons: — 

lioljtt ptaclmj* 


€j. ittaclatj. 

B. 1839. 

JAMES HEMPHILL MACLAY 7 , (son of John*. 
David*, John*. Charles s , John -, Charles 1 ,) the only 
son of John Maclay 6 . was born in Lurgan Town- 
ship, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the 12th 
of June, 1839. On the outbreak of the civil war 
he enlisted in Battery B. of the First Pennsylvania 
Light Artillery in July, 1861, and was honorably 
discharged as sergeant in August, 1865. He was 
engaged in all the battles of the army of the 
Potomac. In the battle of Gettysburg he was 
stationed on the east of Cemetery Hill near Little 
Round Top, under General Reynolds. 

In politics he is a Republican but having no 
taste for the profession he has never held office. On 
the 19th of September, 1867. he married Annie Mor- 
garette Fickes of Pittsburg. They have children: — 





b. 1807. 


n. 1871. 


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JOHN MACLAY 6 , (son of David*, John*, 
Charles ’, John*, Charles 1 ,) the first son of 
the Hon. David Maclay 6 by bis second wife 
Eleanor Herron, was born in Lurgan Town- 
ship, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the 
14th of July, 1807. On the 10th of March, 
1836, he married Margaret Hemphill. Like 
his father David, John was of a retiring dis- 
position preferring the quiet of his family 
circle to the busy whirl of the outside world. 
He was ardently attached to the Presbyterian 
church which he joined in 1825. He was 
elected an elder but his modesty prevented 
his acceptance, upon which he was made a 
trustee of Middle Spring Church which he 
attended throughout his life. 

In politics he was a Republican and al- 
though the township in which he lived was 
two-thirds Democratic, he held several local 
offices of honor and influence. Further 
than this, however, he could not be pursua- 
ded to accept any political nomination. He 
voted for General Harrison in 1840 and 
has always voted the Republican ticket since 
the formation of that party. He died at his 
home in Lurgan Township in 1871. His 
widow still survives him. 

He left children : — 

Jane Ellen-Sharpe, b. 1837. r>. 1882. 

James Hemphill, b. 1839. 

Of these children : — 

JANE ELLEN 7 , on the 23d of October, 1876, 
was married to Thomas Sharpe. She died on the 
23d of April, 1882, leaving no children. 


Ralph Fickes, 

b. 

1868. 

Margaret Hemphill. 

B. 

1870. 

Elizabeth Demarest, 

B. 

1871. 

Jane Ellen, 

B. 

1872. 

Clara Victoriene. 

B. 

1874. 

John Herron, 

B. 

1876. 

Mary Ann, 

B. 

1878. 

Martha Ollie, 

B. 

1880. 

David James, 

B. 

1882. 

Chart. es Francis. - 

B. 

1885. 

James Hemphill, 

B. 

1887. D. 1888. 


£j<m. £i(nnt» ptrtdmj. 

PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. 

B. 1808. «> t . 

DAVID MACLAY 6 , (son of David % 
John', Charles ■*, John', Charles*,) the second 
son of the Hon. David Maclay 6 was born in 
Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Penn- 
sylvania, on the 27th of November, 1808. 
He was educated in the public schools of his 
day. On the death of his father, he pur- 
chased the old homestead and took charge of 
the mill. In 1851 he was elected a member 
of the Pennsylvania State Legislature and 
was re-elected in 1852. The bill of greatest 
importance brought up during his term of 
service was the Main Liquor Law. He rig- 
orously advocated his strong temperance 
principles although he knew that his support 
of the bill meant political death. Another 
bill agitated at the time was the Divorce Bill 
which he strongly opposed. On the expira- 
tion of his term in the Legislature he de- 


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dined further political nominations, prefer- 
ring to follow the pursuits of agriculture on 
the old homestead. 

In 1859 he went to Academia, Juniata 
County and associated with Joseph Pomeroy 
in merchantile business until 1878 when he 
retired. Since then he has made his home 
with Dr. Charles T. Maclay, his brother, in 
.Greenvillage, Franklin County, where he has 
lived a quiet and retired life. He is a very 
genial, social and entertaining gentleman, 
and remarkably active and well informed. 
In politics he was a Whig and upon the 
formation of the Republican Party became a 
staunch supporter of its principles. In re- 
ligious affairs he is a Presbyterian and has 
been a life long member of the Middle 
Spring Church. He has never married. 

<£lj arle* iptctclatj* pi* 


B. 1812. 


.? 0. d. 1888. 



CHARLES TEMPLETOE MACLAY*, 
(son of David*, John', Charles s , John 1 , 
Charles *,) the third son of Hon. David Maclay 
by his second wife, was born on the 13th of 
September, 1812, in Lurgan Township, 
Franklin County, Pennsylvania, at the old 
homestead built by his grandfather, the Hon. 
John Maclay of Carpenter’s Hall. Having 
received -the rudiments of his education 
in the common schools of his native town 
and at Hopewell Academy, he began 
the study of medicine under Dr. Wil- 
liam Rankin of Shippensburg, where in 1837 
he entered the Jefferson Medical College 
graduating from that institution in 1839 
with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. 
In 1840 he moved to Greenvillage, Franklin 
County, and began his long and successful 
practice of medicine. 

Having spent a lifetime of professional 
service in this community, it was no easy 
matter for him to cut loose and he was com- 
pelled to make visits long after he had re- 
solved to retire. This was a flattering testi- 
mony to his skill as a physician. He had 
the confidence and respect of all and his 
eminence was known and acknowledged not 
only at home but by the profession at large. 

He took a lively interest in the affairs of 
the community in which he lived and al- 
though he never could be induced to accept 
office, yet his influence in local, state and 
national politics was strongly exerted accord- 


ing to his beliefs while few were better in- 
formed on the many questions that came up 
for discussion. In 1836 he voted for Gen- 
eral Harrison and again in 1840. On the 
formation of the Republican Party he be- 
came a staunch supporter of its principles and 
for many years was a prominent figure in the 
councils of his party. In campaigns he was 
an aggressive and uncompromising opponent 
and his support was eagerly sought. 

He was a great reader and a close student, 
having a large and well selected library from 
which he garnered a fund of information 
which rendered him a valuable and delight- 
ful companion. His store of anecdotes and 
apt telling of reminisences were gifts pos- 
sessed by few while his contributions of local 
historical sketches to newspapers and maga- 
zines have become authorities on the subject. 
In religious affairs he was a Presbyterian, 
being born and brought up in that faith. 
In early manhood he professed the doctrines 
of that church and joined the -Middle Spring 
Presbyterian Church in which he was a 
devoted member and exercised a most be- 
neficent influence in its councils. In later 
years he transferred his membership to the 
Falling Spring Presbyterian Church of 
Chambersburg. He died at his residence in 
Greenvillage on the 7th of August, 1888, in 
his seventy-sixth year. He had been in de- 
clining health some years before, but a fall 
he sustained in the winter preceding his 
death seemed to have hastened his earthly 
career. He was buried in Middle Spring 
Church yard. 

On the 11th of March, 1840, Dr. Maclay 
married Mary Ann, daughter of Andrew 
Frazer and Anna Wilson of Cumberland 
County, by whom he had six children. On 
the death of his first wife he married a sister 
of the Hon. Thaddeus M. Mahon of Franklin 
County which marriage was without issue. 

The children bv his first wife were : — 


Lydia Ellen, 

Anna Mary-Shannon, 
John Andrew, - 
Jane Elizabeth, - 
Emma-Wallace, 
David, 


B. 1842. 

B . 1844. 

B. 1846. D. 1869. 
b. 1848. D. 1863. 
b. 1850. 

B. 1852. 


Of these children, the daughters: — 

LYDIA ELLEN 7 is still living in Greenvillage. 

ANNA MARY 7 , in 1877 was married to the Rev. 
J. Y. Shannon and resides in Newport, Perry 
County, Pennsylvania. She is without issue. 




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EMMA’ was married to Thomas H. Wallace of 
Abilene, Kansas, where she now resides. She is 
without issue. 

Of the two sons: — 

Haljtt gL Jjglt. p. 

B. 1846. .0 - — d. 1869. 

JOHN ANDREW MACLAY 7 (son of Charles \ 
David 6 , John*, Charles 3 , John 6 , Charles 1 ,) the first 
son of Dr. Charles Templeton Maclay 6 , was born 
on the 7th of March, 1846, in Greenvillage, Frank- 
lin County, Pennsylvania. Having graduated 
from the common schools of the town of his birth 
he entered Tuscarora Academy, Juniata County, 
Pennsylvania and then studied in the Agricultural 
College, of Centre County, of the same state. On 
the 4th of August, 1862, at the age of sixteen, he 
enlisted in Company D, of the One Hundred and 
Thirtieth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
Captain James Kelso, and served in the Battle of 
Antietam. In 1865 he entered the Medical College 
of the University of Pennsylvania and graduated 
in 1867 with high honors, taking the degree of 
Doctor of Medicine. He began the practice of 
medicine in Newburgh, Cumberland County, and 
after a year returned to Greenvillage where he 
lived to the date of his death. This occurred on 
the 11th of October, 1869, when he was thrown 
from his horse and died from concussion of the 
brain. 

He was a young man of rare ability in the pro- 
fession of his choice, courtly in his bearing, talen- 
ted to an unusual degree and the ideal of manly 
strength and symmetry. He died unmarried. 

His only brother was : — 

Painfc Jffetrtdrttj, p. 

B. 1852. .p — — s>%s — - 

DAVID MACLAY 7 ,) son of Charles \ David 6 , 
John*, Charles 6 , John 6 , Charles 1 ,) the second and 
last son of Dr. Charles Templeton Maclay 6 , was 
born on the 18th of January, 1852, in Greenvillage 
Franklin County, Pennsylvania. After going 
through the common schools of his native town, 
he continued his education in Chambersburg 
Academy and in Tuscarora Academy. In 1873 
he entered the Medical College of the University 
of Pennsylvania and graduated with honors in 
1875, taking the degree of Doctor of Medicine. 

At the time of this writing he has practiced his 
profession in Greenvillage upward of fourteen 
years. He became an influential member of the 
Franklin County Medical Society and was elected 


its President in 1885, and again in 1887. He was 
also chosen a delegate from the Franklin County 
Medical Society to represent his county in the 
Convention of the State Medical Society, held in 
Philadelphia in 1888. 

In politics he is a Republican and represented 
his county in the State Convention of 1888 and 
was elected a member of the Republican State 
Convention for the Presidential campaign of 
1888. In religious faith he is a Presbyterian and 
a member of the Falling Spring Presbyterian 
Church. 

On the 14th of February, 1878, he married 
Mary, daughter of Joseph Pomeroy and Anna 
Crawford of Acdemia, Juniata County. There 
were born to them : — 


Charles Templeton 
Joseph Pomeroy 


b. 1878. 
b. 1883. 


frmtci* £)♦ fttnclmj* 

FRANCIS HERRON MACLAY 6 , (son of 
David*, John \ Charles 3 , John \ Charles 1 ,) the 
fourth son of the Hon. David Maclay by his 
second wife Eleanor Herron was born in 
Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Penn- 
sylvania, on the 22nd of June, 1815. He 
spent his youth in the town of his birth and 
made the most of the means of education in 
his reach. On the 31st of October, 1839, 
he married Sarah Cox. In 1854 he moved to 
Ohio and after a residence of six months, 
moved to Lynn, Iowa. From this place he 
returned to Middle Spring, Pennsylvania. 
In 1878 he moved from Pennsylvania to 
Madison County, Illinois, and from there, in 
1881, to Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri, 
where he resides at this writing. 

In politics he is a strong Republican and 
in religious faith a Presbyterian. He has 
children : — 

Martha Ellen - - b. 1843. 

Emma Jane - b. 1845. 

John Cox - - - - b. 1847. 

Of the above children : — 

lioljn ©. Ktaclatj. 

JOHN COX MACLAY 7 . (son of Francis 6 , David 6 , 
John*, Charles 6 , John 2 , Charles 1 ,) the only son of 
Francis Herron Maclay 0 , was born in Middle Spring 
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, February 1st, 






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1847. He was educated in the public schools of 
the several towns of his residence. In 1854 he 
moved with his parents to Ohio and after a stay 
of sis months, to Lynn, Iowa, and then again to 
Middle Spring, Pennsylvania. In 1872 he went to 
Bunker Hill, Illinois, and engaged in business 
with George Dunn at Dorsey. On the death of 
Mr. Dunn, in 1876, John bought out his partner’s 
interest. At the same time he was appointed 
Post Master at that place. 

In 1881, March 4th, he married Ann Dorsey 
Harris, and selling out his business, moved to 
Missouri, first to Rolla, then to Cuba where he 
became the proprietor of the Cuba Hotel. 

In politics he is a Republican and as such was 
nominated for County Judge, but being in a 
strong Democratic district was defeated. He 
was appointed Justice of the Peace for his town- 
ship. He has no children of his own. 


ptoxlrtij, 

B. 1818. .» v— - d. 1845. 

JAMES HERRON MACLAY 8 , (son of 
David*, John *, Charles’, John’, Charles 1 ,) the 
fifth son of the Hon. David Maclay 1 , by his 
second wife, was born in Lurgan Township, 
Franklin County, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1818. 
He received his education in the public schools 
of his day and remained on the farm until 
the date of his father’s death, 1839, when he 
moved to Whiteside County, Illinois, and pur- 
chased a tract of land. In 1841 he entered the 
forwarding and commission house of Hopper 
& Co., in Albany, Illinois, where he remained 
to the date of his death. This occurred on 
the 26th of August, 1845, resulting from ty- 
phoid fever. He is hurried in Albany, 
Illinois. He died unmarried. 






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|lnt»0e pliUtam Iftaclm). 

MEMBER OF CONGRESS. 

B. 1765. i. d. 1825. 

WILLIAM MACLAY 5 , (son of John', Charles 3 , John*, Charles',) the 
third son of John Maclay “Of Carpenter’s Hall,” was born on the 22nd of 
March, 1765, in Lurgan Township, Frauklin County, Pennsylvania, on the old 
homestead in which his father and grandfather had lived and died, and which 
to this day is standing in a good state of preservation in the Maclay name. 
He availed himself to the utmost of the limited means of education in those 
days as seen in his subsequent career. On the 22nd of December, 1789, he 
married Margaret Culbertson, a member of Rev. Mr. Craighhead’s congrega- 
tion of Rocky Spring Church, and soon after the founding of the town of 
Fannettsburg, settled in that place and engaged in the tanning business •which he 
prosecuted successfully to the day of his death. In 1807 he was elected to the 
Pennsylvania State Assembly and again in 1808, the election returns showing 
him to be the highest man on the ticket. On the 24th of August, 1809, he 
was recommended for judgeship by a Democratic-Republican convention, and 
on September 2nd, 1809, was appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the 
death of Major James M’Cammont of Letterkenny Township. In 1812 he was 
elected to the Pennsylvania Senate and in 1814 was nominated and elected 
a Member of Congress to represent the counties of Cumberland, Adams and 
Franklin, again leading his ticket in every district, except Warren, and run- 
ning some fifty votes ahead of Governor Snyder who was deservedly popular. 
His career in Congress giving general satisfaction he was re-elected in 1816, 
thus serving in the House of Representatives from 1814 to 1818. We are 
indebted to John M. Pomeroy, Esquire, late editor of the Franklin Repository 
for the following article on Judge Maclay. (See Franklin Repository, August 
4th, 1875.) 

“ Whatever may have been a man’s motive at that day for desiring an 
elevation to the National Congress, it is evident that the hope of sudden riches 
(as is now sometimes supposed to be a controlling motive) was not among 
them ; and salary although paid per diem amounting to less than $1,000 
per year. A sorry figure aspirants for Congressional honors now Avould cut 
with a salary of $1,000, and an expenditure of one to three thousand to con- 
duct an electioneering campaign, followed up with Washington board bills 
and it may be occasional wine suppers and others et ceteras innumerable 
thrown in, and no Indian Contracts, ‘Credit Mobilier’ or ‘Salary Grabs’ to 
make up the deficiency. 

“Judge Maclay, while doubtless appreciating the favor shown and the 
confidence reposed in him by his constituents, always seemed to be actuated by 
a higher motive than self aggrandizement. In his intercourse with his fellow 
men he Avas marked by that candor and frankness and certain degree of inde- 
pendence that everywhere characterized this gentleman as distinguished from 
the artful, scheming demagogue that one occasionally meets Avith among poli- 


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ticians who seek places of favor or trust simply for the emoluments of office or 
for the supposed influence they may wield in patronage distribution. Judge 
Maclay had an air of easy, quiet dignity about him that won the respect and 
esteem of every one that knew him. 

“With his workmen and employees he was always genial and pleasant 
and sought to impress upon them the dignity of labor and showed his appre- 
ciation of that sense of manhood that comes with honest toil. The writer’s 
father learned the arts of tanning and currying with him and afterwards es- 
tablished himself in business in the same place, yet he was never treated by 
the Judge as a rival but as a friend. What his views were on the question 
that has since so greatly agitated our people, namely the slave question, I do 
not know, but he used to relate with some feeling an incident that occurred 
during his term in Congress. One day, while standing on the steps of the 
Capitol, a gang of slaves were being driven past and when nearly opposite 
where a number of our national Legislators were assembled watching them as 
they passed by, one stalwart fellow, with brawny arms held up his clanking 
chains, and struck, as if in decisive mockery, in a clear, strong voice, ‘ Hail 
Columbia, Happy Land,” the effect of which on those who heard it was 
greater than some of the eloquent speeches made inside the Hall. 

“In November, 1824, while attending court in Chambersburg, Judge 
Maclay was taken sick and lay for several weeks at the house of his son-in- 
law, John King, Esquire. Recovering his health in some degree he came to 
his home in Fannettsburg where his death occurred on the 4th of January, 
1825.” He was interred in the graveyard of Dr. McGinley’s church. His 
wife survived him till May 4th, 1834. 

In religious affairs Judge Maclay was a Presbyterian and was a ruling 
elder in Dr. McGinley’s church of the Lower Path Valley. He left children : — 






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MARY SHARPE-KING, - 

- 

B. 

1790. 

D. 

1850. 

JOHN, .... 

- 

B. 

1792, 

n. 

1854. 

JANE-SAMUEL DUNN, - 

- 

B. 

1794. 

D. 

1822! 

ELIZA CULBERTSON, p™’ 

LtRAHAM, 

- 

B. 

1796. 

D. 

1856. 

CATHERINE IRWIN-GEDDES, 

- 

B. 

1799. 

n. 

1873. 

ALEXANDER, 

- 

B. 

1801. 

D. 

1877. 

WILLIAM, 

- 

B. 

1803. 

I). 

1849. 

MARGARET-BURBRIDGE, 

- 

B. 

1805. 

D. 

1844. 

JAMES ROSS, 

- 

B. 

1807. 

D. 

1840. 

CHARLES SAMUEL, 

- 

B. 

1809. 

D. 

1828. unm. 

NANCY ELEANOR-CULBERTSON, 

- 

B. 

1812. 



DAVID IRWIN, - 

- 

B. 

1814. 

D. 

1839. unm. 



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B. 1827. d. 1872. 

JOHN GEDDES 7 , (son of Catherine *, William *, 
John*, Charles 11 , John a , Charles 1 ,) the first son of 
Catherine Irwin Maclay and John Geddes to arrive 
at maturity was born on the 29th of October. 
1827, in Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsyl- 
vania. He received his education in the Grammar 
Schools and in Marshall College, at Mercersburg, 
and entered the Jefferson Medical College at 
Philadelphia, from which he graduated with the 
degree of Doctor of Medicine. He practiced his 
profession in Lick Creek, Missouri, and in New- 
ville, Pennsylvania, till 1871 when failing health 
compelled him to retire. He died unmarried in 
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on the 31st of May. 
1872. 

pitliam pi. ©chhee. 

B. 1831. ih «• D. 1872. 

WILLIAM MACLAY GEDDES 7 . (son of Cath- 
erine 9 , William 6 , John*, Charles 3 . John 9 , Charles 1 ,) 
the second son of Catherine Irwin Maclay and 
John Geddes to arrive at maturity, was born in 
Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, on 
the 26th of December, 1831. He was educated in 
the select schools of Pittsburg. In 1851 he went 
to New Orleans on business where he remained 
till the taking of that city by the Union Army in 
1862 when he returned to Pittsburg, and in I 860 
went back to New Orleans where he engaged in 
the banking business to the day of his death. 
This occurred on the 5th of August. 1872. 

On the 4tli of February, 1871. he married Eleanor 
Curran Fisher of New Orleans. She died on the 
30th of December, 1877. They had one child, 
Charles Maclay. who died in Chambersburg on the 
31st of May. 1888. 

©Ijttrle* ft. (E>chi>c0, 

B. 1834. 

( 'HARLEX KING GEDDES 7 , (son of Catherine 
William 6 , Joint*, Charles s , John 9 , Charles 1 ,) the 
third son of Catherine Irwin Maclay, and John 
Geddes to arrive at maturity, was born on the 2nd 
of October. 1834, in Newville, Cumberland County, 
Pennsylvania. He studied in the select schools of 
Newville and at Chambersburg, and in 1849 en- 
tered the Sophomore Class of Jefferson College, 
graduating from that institution in 1852 with the 
degree of Bachelor of Arts. He entered upon 
the profession of law which he studied under 
James H. Hopkins of Pittsburg, being admitted 



MARY SHARPE”, the first daughter of 
Judge William Maclay was married to John 
King about the year 181 G. She died 
September, 11th, 1850, while her husband 
died in July, 1835. They had six children: 
Samuel 7 , d. infancy, Margaret’, d. in- 
fancy, Sarah 7 [who was married to J. Ellis 
Bonham a prominent lawyer of Carlisle, 
Pennsylvania, They had two children who 
died in childhood.] Sarah died in 1852 while 
her husband died in 1854. Mary 7 [is living 
in Chambersburg, with her sister Emma L. 
Sharpe.] Louise 7 died in her seventeenth 
year. Emma 7 L. was married on the 7th of 
March, 1857, to John McDowell Sharpe, a 
prominent lawyer of Chambersburg. [They 
had four children: John King*, d. infancy; 
John McDowell * , d. infancy; Rosa McDowell ”, 
d. infancy; Walter King 9 , b. December 24th, 
1863, was admitted to the practice of law in 
Chambersburg in February, 1889, and resides 
with his mother in Chambersburg.] 

JANE’, the second daughter of Judge 
William Maclay was married to General 
Samuel Dunn. I 11 1843 they moved to 
Georgia, where she died in 1861. They had 
children: William”, Elizabeth”, John”, 
Margaret 8 , Thomas”, Denton” and two 
others who died in infancy. 


ELIZA’, the third daughter of Judge 
William Maclay, was married first to John 
Dunn, (brother to General Samuel Dunn) 
bv whom she had one child which died in in- 
fancy. She married a second time to John 
Graham by whom she had a child which also 
died in infancy. Eliza died in 1 8 G<>. 

CAT HERINE I R W I N ’, t he fou rt h .laugh- 
ter of Judge William Maclay, was married 
on the 27th of April, 1825, to John P. 
Geddes, M. 1). lie died in 1837, while 
Catherine died 011 the 22nd of December, 
1873. They had children: — 

William Maclay (1) b. 1826. d. infancy . 

John - - - b. 1827. n. 1872. 

Laura Catherine b. 1829. 

William Maclay (2) b. 1831. d. 1872. 

Charles Kino - b. 1834. 

Williamson Nevin b 1836. 

Of these children : — 

LAURA CATHERINE 7 is living in Williams- 
port. Pennsylvania. 




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to the bar of his state in 1858. He then became 
principal of several schools in Central Pennsyl- 
vania and Ohio until 1864 when he settled in 
Williamsport and began the practice of law. In 
1867 he was admitted to the practice in the United 
States Circuit Court, and in 1874 to the Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania. In 1881 he visited Europe 
traveling through England, Scotland, Ireland, 
Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and France. 

On the 28th of January, 1888, Charles K. Geddes 
married Sarah Sproul of Williamsport, Pennsyl- 
vania. They have children : — 

Margaret Sproul - - b. 1876. 

John Maclay - - - - b. 1881. 

IJUir. pliUirtm*0»t |t. ©efcSee, 

B. 1836. .o • — 

WILLIAMSON NEVIN GEDDES 7 , (son of 
Catherine William 6 , John*, Charles?, John 3 , 
Charles 1 ,) the fourth and last son of Catherine 
Irwin Maclay and John Geddes to arrive at matu- 
rity, was born on the 28th of December, 1836, in 
Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. 
He prepared for college in Chambersburg Acad- 
emy, and in 1851 entered the Sophomore Class of 


Jefferson College from which institution he gradu- 
ated in 1854 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 
He entered upon the ministry of the Presbyterian 
Church, graduating from Princeton Theological 
Seminary in 1861 after a three years’ course. 
After a few years engaged in school teaching he 
was ordained pastor of the Presbyterian Church 
at Waynesboro in 1871. He moved to Indiana 
in 1872 and became Professor of Mathematics in 
Hanover College which position he held till 1876. 
From 1881 to 1885 he superintended a private 
school in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, but in 
1 885 he was compelled to travel in search of health. 
He received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 
from Franklin and Marshall College in 1887. He 
is not married. 

MARGARET 6 , the fifth daughter of 
Judge William Maclay was married to James 
Burbridge. She died 29th of August, 1844, 
Avithout issue. 

NANCY ELEANOR*, the sixth and last 
daughter of Judge William Maclay was mar- 
ried to Cyrus 1). Culbertson and still sur- 
vives her husband. She has no children. 


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B.T792. d. 1854. 

JOHN MACLAY 6 , (son of William \ 
John \ Charles 3 , John 2 , Charles 1 ,) the first son 
of Judge William Maclay, was born on the 
1st of December, 1792, in Lnrgan Township, 
Franklin ToAvnship, Pennsylvania. He was 
engaged in the tanning business and estab- 
lished a large tannery near Mercersburg and 
continued there until he went to Pittsburg 
where he opened a wholesale leather store. 
On the 6th of May, 1819, he married, Jane, 
daughter of Colonel John Findlay and niece 
of Governor William Findlay. From Pitts- 
burg, John Maclay moved to St. Louis where 
he went into the leather business. On the 
death of his wife, Jane, who died on the 27th 
of April, 1827, he married Anna Maria Gleim 
September 2nd, 1832. She died in 1868, 
her husband surviving her till April 22nd, 
1854. He is buried in the Bellefontaine 
Cemetery of St. Louis. 

By his first wife, Jane Findlay, he had 
children : — 


b. 1823 
b. 1825 


D. 1823 
D. 1827 


William Irwin 
John Findlay 


b. 1820 D. 1855 
B. 1822 D. 1822 


A Son 

Nancy Jane 

By his second wife, Anna Gleim, he had 
children : — 

Anna Maria-Gore b. 1834 
John King - - b. 1835 d. 1836. 

Martha Gleim - b. 1836 d. 1854. 
James Brown - b. 1838 d. 1872. 

John Gleim - - b. 1840 

Cyrus Culbertson b. 1842 
Edgar Gleim - - b. 1844 

Charles Gleim - b. 1846 d. 1847. 

Ellen Brown - - b. 1849 d. 1849. 

Of these children the daughter: — 

ANNA MARIA 7 , the only daughter of John 
Maclay 6 to arrive at maturity, was married to 
Mr. Fish Gore of Tipton, Missouri, November 7tli, 
1867. They have no children. 

Of the sons: — 

yjiUiam $. i&Irtcltttj. 

B. 1820. d. 1855. 

WILLIAM IRWIN MACLAY 7 , (son of Join f, 
William 5 , John*, Charles 3 , John 3 , Charles',) the 
first son of John Maclaj 6 , was born in Chambers- 







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burg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the 27th 
of March, 1820. On the death of his mother, he 
was placed under the care of his Aunt. Ellen 
Findlay. At the age of ten he moved to Pittsburg 
and was educated in the schools of that place 
until be entered Washington and Jefferson College 
at Washington, Pennsylvania. 

On the 16th of November, 1841, he married 
Sarah Hamilton Stackhouse, daughter of Samuel 
Stackhouse of Pittsburg. She died in Pittsburg, 
March 3d, 1882. He went into the canal boat 
business — then as important a factor in commerce 
as the railroad of to-day — running a line of boats 
between Pittsburg and Philadelphia. From Johns- 
town on the west side of the mountain to Holi- 
daysburg on the east side, the cargoes were 
shipped over the Postage Railroad — the first rail- 
road in America. He went to Johnstown in 1846 
for the better superintendence of his business. 
He died there on the 20th of June, 1855. 

In politics he was a stanch Republican and in 
religious belief a Presbyterian. He was a man 
profoundly respected and loved by all who came 
in contact with his bright genial spirit. There are 
few men who form such strong and lasting friend- 
ships as he did. He was an educated, brilliant 
man, full of mirth and humor, greatly in sym- 
pathy with the welfare and the suffering among 
dumb brutes as well as human beings. 

They had children : — 

Jane Anne-Tittle - b. 1842 

Emma Stack house-Bynon b. 1845 d 1887. 
Ellen Findl ay-Fritz - b. 1847 
William Stackhouse b. 1849 d. 1853. 

Elizabeth Findlay - b. 1852 d. 1853. 
Mary Torrence - b. 1854 d. 1860. 


The remaining children of William Irwin 
Maclayand Susan Stackhouse died before arriving 
at maturity. 

|iamce ^3. Iftaclat). 

B. 1838. d. 1872. 

JAMES BROWN MACLAY 7 , (son of Jolin\ 
William 6 , John 4 , Charles s , John 2 Charles 1 ,) the 
first son of John Maclay 6 by his second wife, Anna 
Maria Gleim, to arrive at maturity was born on 
the 7th of November, 1838, in Pittsburg, Alle- 
ghany County, Pennsylvania. At the age of 
twenty he moved to Tipton, Missouri, and entered 
the store of his uncle, John H. Gleim. Subse- 
quently he and his brother C. C. Maclay founded 
the house of J. B. & C. C. Maclay. He died, un- 
married, in Tipton, February 21st, 1872. 

(Sloljn ©. Itlrtclmj. 

B. 1840. 

JOHN GLEIM MACLAY 7 , (son of John*, 
William *, John \ Charles 3 , John 2 , Charles 1 ,) the 
third son of John Maclay 6 by his second wife Anna 
Maria Gleim, was born on the 10th of July, 1840, 
in St. Louis, Missouri. He moved to Pittsburg 
with his parents in 1841, and lived there till 1847, 
when he moved to Alleghany. Here he was edu- 
cated in the public schools until 1853 when he 
moved to St. Louis. In 1871 he moved to New 
York City, and in 1873 to the Black Hills, and in 
1887 he moved to Great Falls, Montana Territory, 
where he is now engaged in the merchantile 
business. 

Ctjuue ®. ittrtchivj. 


Of these children : — 

JANE ANNE* was married to John S. Tittle of 
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on the 4th of Septem- 
ber, 1862. They had children : Elizabeth Findlay 
Maclay 2 , b. March 3d, 1864, William Maclay 2 , b. 
November 19tli, 1867, died in Cleveland, Ohio, 
May 8th, 1885. 

EMMA STACKHOUSE" was married to William 
M. Bynon of Tipton, Missouri, on the 20th of Nov- 
ember, 1877. They had no children. She died in 
Tipton on the 10th of April, 1887. 

ELLEN FINDLAY 6 was married to George 
Fritz on the 23d of December, 1870. He died on 
the 5th of August, 1873, leaving no children. 
Ellen was again married on the 8th of December, 
1880 to Robert Murphy. There was born to them 
Edith Maclay 2 . b. October, 1882, d. August 26th, 
1883. 



B. 1842. 

CYRUS CULBERTSON MACLAY 7 , (son of 
John*, William 6 , John*, Charles 3 , John 2 , Charles',) 
the fourth son of John Maclay 6 , by his second wife 
Anna Maria Gleim, was born on the 7th of Septem- 
ber, 1842, at Jones Mills, Westmoreland County, 
Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to 
Pittsburg in 1844 and again to St. Louis, Missouri, 
in 1854. In 1863 he moved to Tipton, Missouri, 
and entered the firm of his uncle, John H. Gleim. 
In the following year he and his brother James 
bought out their uncle’s interest and the house 
became J. B. & C. C. Maclay. On the death of 
James it became Maclay & Co. now one of the 
largest and most popular houses in Central Mis 
souri. On the 7th of January, 1869, he married 
Laura Isabel, daughter of William P. and Martha 
Miller, of Dalton, Ohio. In 1880 Cyrus Maclay 
was elected Vice-President of Tipton Bank and 


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President of the Board of Trade. He is now 
living in Tipton. He has children : — 

Martha Gleim b. 1873, 

Laura Miller - - - b. 1875. 

Edgar Gleim b. 1879. 

Eleanor Reed - - - b. 1887. 

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B. 1844. .0-a=S>*@==«H>. 

EDGAR GLEIM MACLAY 7 , (son of John 3 , 
William 5 , John*, Charles 9 , John 1 , Charles 1 ,) the 
fifth son of John Maclays, by his second wife Anna 
Maria Gleim, was born at Jones Mills, West- 
moreland County, Pennsylvania, on the 26th of 
August, 1844. He lived in Alleghany City till 
1854 when he moved to St. Louis. In 1863 he 
went to Montana and engaged in the freighting 
business under the name E. G. Maclay & Co., 
being one of the largest transportation companies 
in that region. He is now doing business at 
Great Falls under the name Murphy, Maclay & Co. 
On the 10th of October, 1882, he married Blanche 
Murphy of Helena, Montana. They now reside 
at Great Falls, Montana. They have children : — 

Theodore John - b. 1883. 

Edgar Gleim - - b. 1885. 

Annie - - - b. 1887. d. 1888. 

JUes* <j£. 

B. 1801. D. 1877. 

ALEXANDER CULBERTSON MA- 
CLAY 6 , (sou of William 6 , John ' l , Charles \ 
John*, Charles ',) the second son of Judge 
William Maclay 6 , was born in Fannettsburg, 
Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the 12th 
of November, 1801. On the 12th of July, 
1843, he married Mary McNaughton of 
Scotland. He spent most of his life near 
the town of his birth and died on the 16th 
of January, 1877. He left children : — 


Ralston 

- 

B. 

1846. 


K ATH ERINE-WENZEL 

B. 

1849. 


Mary Ella - 

- 

B. 

1853. 

D. 1866. 

Jessie-Keller 

- 

B. 

1856. 


Henry 

- 

B. 

1858. 

D. 1861. 


Of these children, the daughters : — 

KATHERINE 7 , on the 7th of July, 1879, was mar- 
ried to Albert A. Wenzel, of Pittsburg. They 
have one child, Alberta, b. August 28th, 1886. 

JESSIE 7 , on the 28th of May, 1885, was married 
to William E. Keller, of Pittsburg. They have 
no children. 



Ual«ton litaclatj. 

B. 1846. 

RALSTON MACLAY 7 , (son of Alexander «, Wil- 
liam i , John*, Charles 3 , John*, Charles 1 ,) the first 
son of Alexander Maclay 6 , was born on the 18th 
of August, 1846, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He 
was educated in the Presbyterian Institute and in 
a private school in Alleghany City, and studied 
for civil engineering but was unable to graduate 
on account of failing eye sight. He served three 
months during the civil war in the 193d Regiment 
of Pennsylvania Volunteers. He is now employed 
in the Westinghouse Air Brake Company in Wil- 
liamsport, Pennsylvania. On the 5th of April, 
1888, he married Agnes Reynolds Aikins of Alle- 
ghany City. They have no children. 


piiUiant Ij-fctaclmj* 

B. 1803. d. 1849. 

WILLIAM MACLAY 6 , (son of William 3 , 
John', Charles 3 , John*, Charles',) the third 
son of Judge William Maclay 6 , was born in- 
Fannettsburg, Franklin County, Pennsylva- 
nia, on the 21st of March, 1803. After 
being educated in the public schools of his 
native town, he entered the tanning business 
with his father which he successfully prose- 
cuted to the day of his death. On the 28th 
of October, 1828, he married Mary Palmer. 
He died in Pittsburg on the 20th of Febru- 
1849. He had children: — 

Margaret Culbertson-Isett b. 1830. 


John Palmer 
Jane Dunn 
Ellen Palmer - 
James Ross 

Elizabeth Bard-Wilson 


b. 1832. 

b. 1834. D. 1835. 
B. 1839. D. 1839. 
B. 1840. D. 1863. 
B. 1843. D. 1882. 


Of these children the daughters : — 

MARGARET CULBERTSON 7 , the first daugh- 
ter of William Maclay 6 , was married to Jacob 
Henry Isett of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, on the 
13th of January, 1852. They have no children. 

ELIZABETH BARD 7 , the last daughter of Wil- 
liam Maclay 6 , was married on the 3d of October, 
1870, to Joseph Henry Wilson of Brooklyn, New 
York. She died on the 27th of July, 1882, leaving 
children: Cyrus Culbertson, b. July 11th, 1871, 
William Bruce, b. July 9th, 1874, and Mary 
Kemp, b. April 19th, 1878. 

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Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, where 
he engaged in business. In 1878, owing to bad 
health, he took the road as traveling salesman 
which he successfully followed for three and one- 
half years when having recovered his health he 
returned to the Philipsburg, where he is at this 
writing. 


on the 5th of March, 1840, in Fannettsburg, Frank- 
lin County, Pennsylvania. He was educated in 
the public schools of his native town, and in 1861 
enlisted in the Missouri Guards. He was killed 
on the 20th of April, 1863, in a railroad accident 
while in the government service. He was not 
married. 


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THE DESCENDANTS OF HON. JOHN MACLAY “OF CARPENTERS HALL.' 



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b. 1767 . .» ■ — ~ &&<g — ■ c n. 1843 . 

SAMUEL MACLAY 5 , (son of John *, Charle s 3 , John 2 , Charles ’) the 
fourth son of the Hon. John Maclay, “Of Carpenter’s Hall,” was born in 
Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the 15th of November, 
1767. In 1813 lie married Margaret Snodgrass and purchasing the farm of 
his father-in-law, Thomas Snodgrass, he settled down and lived all his days in 
a very secluded spot. He died on the 5th of February, 1843, his wife sur- 
viving him till August, 1871. They had children: — 


MARY JANE-EWING, - 

- 

- 

B. 

1813. 



JOHN ENOCH, 

- 

- 

B. 

1815. 



ELLEN-SMITH, - 

- 

- 

B. 

1818. 



CHARLES HENRY, 

* 

- 

B. 

1820. 



ELIZABETH, 

- 

- 

B. 

1822. 

n. 

infancy 

THOMAS JAMES, 

i-N 

- 

B. 

1824. 



ROBERT SNODGRASS, - 

- 

- 

B. 

1825. 

D. 

1881. 

MAY WILLIS, 

- 

- 

B. 

1828. 

I). 

infancy. 

SAMUEL DICKSON, 

- 

- 

B. 

1829. 

I). 

1887. 


Of these children, the daughters: — 






MARY JANE 3 was married to Mr. George 
Ewing. They had several daughters who 
are all dead except Emma’ who married Wil- 
liam Jackson. Mary Jane is still living in 
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 


Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Penn- 
sylvania, on the 24th of December, 1815. 
He has resided on the old homestead all his 
life. He is not married. 


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ELLEN*, the second daughter of Samuel 
Maclay, was married to Mr. William Smith 
on the 3d of November, 1863. No issue. 
They are living in Dickinson, Pennsylvania. 

Of the sons : — 

liolju ©♦ ijfclaclcuj. 

B. 1815. .o-»==srifc®i=!_o. 

JOHN ENOCH MACLAY*, (son of 
Samuel \ John \ Charles 3 , John 3 , Charles',) 
the first son of Samuel Maclay 6 , was born in 


©JjcuHi?* ptaclmj. 

B. 1820. 

CHARLES HENRY MACLAY 6 , (sou of 
Samuel 3 , John*, Charles 3 , John 3 , Charles',) the 
second son of Samuel Maclay 6 , was born in 
Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Penn- 
sylvania, on the 16th of January, 1820. He 
has lived a very retired life with his brother, 
John on the old homestead erected by their 
grandfather, the Hon. John Maclay “Of 
Carpenter’s Hall.” He is not married. 



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THE DESCENDANTS OF HON. JOHN MACLAY “OF CARPENTER’S HALL.” 


B. 1824. .|>-5=s)^Sf<2==s-«. 

THOMAS JAMES MACLAY 6 , (son of 
Samuel f 6 , John*, Charles s , John 2 , Charles 1 ) the 
third son of Samuel Maclay 6 , was born on 
the 23d of November, 1824, in Ltirgan 
Township, Pennsylvania. On the 23d of 
February, 1852, he married Annie E. Fas- 
settof North Ireland. They had children: — 


John Fassett 

b. 1851. 

D. 

1862. 

Robert Samuel (1) - 

B. 1854. 

D. 

1855. 

Robert Samuel (2) 

B. 1858. 



Margaret Elizabeth 

B. 1860. 

D. 

1862. 

David Scott 

B. 1862. 



Elicia Anne 

B. 1864. 

D. 

1864. 


Robert 

B. 1825. .o-*==5>$®^=i-o. d. 1881. 

ROBERT SNODGRASS MACLAY 6 , (son 
of Samuel *, John', Charles s , John ’, Charles 1 ,) 
the fourth son of Samuel Maclay 6 , was born 
on the 25th of November, 1825, in Lurgan 
Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. 
He was educated in Pine Grove School. On 
the 19th of April, 1855, he married Cather- 
ine E. Willis of Shippenburg. He died at 
his residence in Shippenburg, Pennsylvania, 
on the 24th of April, 1881. lie left child- 
ren : — 


Sarah Ellen 

b. 1856. 

D. 

1857. 

James Willis 

b. 1857. 



Samuel Gries 

B. 1860. 

D. 

1884. 

William Atkinson 

B. 1862. 

D. 

1863. 

John Mills 

B. 1864. 




Of these children : — 

A antes p. iilaclatj. 

B. 1857. .0-^=:=®^®==^. 

JAMES WILLIS MACLAY’, (son of Robert ", 



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Samuel, John*, Charles 8 , John*, Charles*,) the first 
son of Robert Snodgrass Maclay, was born on 
the 20tli of August, 1857, in Dickinson, Cumber- 
land County, Pennsylvania. He is not married. 


Holpt ?$L ittaclmj. 

b. 1864. — - ■ ». 

JOHN MILLS MACLAY 7 , (son of Robert, 
Samuel 6 , John*, Charles 9 , John 2 , Charles',) the 
fourth and last son of Robert Snodgrass Maclay®, 
was born in Shippensburg. Cumberland County, 
Pennsylvania, on the 21st of September, 1864. 
He was educated in the public schools of his native 
town. On the 11th of June, 1885, he married 
Agues Catherine Meyers. They have no children. 


gimmtcl 5L piaclmn 

b. 1829. .o— »==s>^lecg r — • t . 

SAMUEL DICKSON MACLAY 6 , (son 
of Sam uef, John', Charles 3 , John \ Charles \) 
the fifth son of Samuel Maclay 6 , was born on 
the 17th of December, 1829, in Lurgan 
Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. 
During the civil war he enlisted for nine 
months, August, 1862, in the 126th Infantry 
of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel 
Elder. He was discharged in May, 1863, 
having been engaged in the battles of Fred- 
ricksburg and Chancellorsville. On the 8th 
of February, 1864, he re-enlisted in Battery 
D, 2d Pennsylvania Artillery, and served to 
the close of the war. He was engaged in 
the battle of Cold Harbor, seige of Peters- 
burg, Chapin Farm, and other engagements, 
lie was discharged January 30th, 1866. 

In September, 1874, he married Martha 
Jenkins, and retired to his farm near Doyles- 
burg, Pennsylvania. He has children : — 


Samuel Oscar 
William Penn 


b. 1875. 
b. 1880. 














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PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATUHE. 

B. 1776. .i>- » — - q. i). 1852. 

JOHN MACLAY 5 , (son of John*, Charles*, John 2 , Charles',) the fifth 
and last son of the Hon. John Maclay “ Of Carpenter’s Hall,” was born on the 
9th of December, 177(5, on the old homestead near Shippensburg, Franklin 
County, Pennsylvania. He received his education in the country schools of 
his day and for one term had a teacher in Latin. He was a close reader and 
a student of the few books within his reach, making the office of his father’s 
mill his study. “Young’s Night Thoughts” was a favorite book of his from 
which he frequently quoted. On the 13th of April, 1809, he married Hannah 
Reynolds of Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. She was a 
sister of Dr. John Reynolds, Surgeon in the United States Navy, who served 
in the 44-gun frigate Constitution, when she visited the ports of Europe under 
Commodore Bainbridge after the war of 1812. 

In 1812 John Maclay was called to Baltimore with the militia of his 
district to assist in the defence of Fort McHenry when bombarded by the 
British. In 1822 he was elected to the State Legislature of Pennsylvania in 
which he served two terms. In 1830 he moved from Shippensburg to Cham- 
bersburg for better educational facilities for his children. After several years 
residence in this place he returned to Shippensburg. On the death of his wife, 
November 24th, 1848, in Shippensburg, he gave up his house and resided 
with his children successively in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, Gallipolis, Ohio, 
Cincinnati, Ohio, and Washington, Pennsylvania, where he died on the 21st 
of December, 1852, at the residence of his son-in-law, the Rev. James Irwin 
Bro wnson . D. D. 

In religious affairs John Maclay was a Presbyterian and attended Middle 
Spring Church. He was a great reader of the scriptures, very temperate in his 
habits and had no patience with drunkards. When the temperance question 
was agitated, the decanter and home made currant wine were banished. Fie 
was in favor of young men learning trades, was mechanical in his turn of mind 
and although he retired from active business in middle life, he kept an exact 
account of his affairs and suffered nothing to deteriorate through neglect. In 
politics he was a Jefferson man, like most of the early Maelays, until the 
Presidency of Andrew Jackson when he became a Whig. He was a strong 
anti-slavery man and was in favor of colonizing the slaves. 

We are indebted to Mrs. Livia Maclay Plumer, the fourth daughter of 
Hon. John Maclay for many incidents bearing on the early life and times of 
her father which will be of general interest:— 




“ Early in their wedded life, my parents lived for a short period in a pioneer cabin, in 
a lonely place in the “Pine Meadows” near Shippensburg. Father had been making the 
sale of some property that day and brought the money home with him. About midnight 
the outer door opened softly. The fresh air started up a blaze in the great ‘ black log ’ 






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which aroused the colored servant who was squatted by its side with a toothache. She 
screamed ‘ Mr. Maclay, there’s a man coming in !’ but before father could reach his gun 
the man was gone. Strong suspicion fell, with the woman’s affirmation, upon their nearest 
neighbor, a rough man, but the affair was hushed up for the sake of peace and the money 
was speedily deposited in a safe place. In those days the wooden latch with the leathern 
string was still in use in the frontier dwellings and it was ‘ pull the string and the latch will 
fly up.’” 

Another incident given by Mrs. Plainer, illustrative of the perils and 
hardships of those times is as follows : — 



“ Some time in the thirties father and my oldest sister took a journey to the western 
country from their home in Shippensburg, visiting Pittsburg, Columbus, Ohio, Rising Sun, 
Indiana, Lexington, Kentucky, and other places. They journeyed by the ‘ Old Stage 
Line ’ to Pittsburg, crossing the Alleghanys then by steam boat down the Ohio river and 
up the Kentucky. The details of this trip I cannot now recall with but one exception. 
At a certain point on their way, father became anxious to be getting on and so took passage 
on the first boat that came along, which happened to be a small irregularly running vessel. 
Too late he discovered that there was not another female aboard but his daughter. lie did 
not, however, anticipate any inconvenience or trouble, but about midnight a man drew the 
curtain of Ins berth aside and looked at him. Father said, ‘ Stranger, have I taken your 
berth?’ ‘ No,’ said the man, and walked away; but coming back after a while a conversa- 
tion ensued, he asking father a number of inquisitive questions as to his business, where he 
was going, etc., which father unsuspiciously answered and then asked him his name. ‘ My 
name,’ he gruffly replied, ‘is that thing we sharpen razors on, Whetstone;’ and with that he 
went off and did not again return. In the meantime father’s suspicions were aroused but 
there was nothing he could do but trust and watch for the morning. He did not know but 
what he had fallen into a den of thieves. Great was his relief, when morning came, to find 
that no harm had come to them and at their earliest opportunity got ashore. Some years 
after we read in the public prints of the arrest of a man bv the name of Whetstone for 
murder or some grevious crime.” 

The Hon. John Maclay left children: — 




HANNAH JANE-NEVIN, 

B. 

1810. 

r>. 

1851. 

A B RIGAIL CATHERI N E-STE R R I TT, 

B. 

1811. 



SARAH ELLEN-BROWNSON, 

B. 

1814. 

n. 

1853. 

LIVIA ELIZA-PIXMER, - 

B. 

1816. 



JOHN REYNOLDS, 

B. 

1819. 

D. 

infancy. 

MARGARET REYNOLDS, 

B. 

1821. 

n. 

infancy. 

CHARLES BENJAMIN, f rp . 

MARY, - - f Tm **' 

B. 

B. 

1824. 

1824. 

D. 

infancy. 

WILLIAM JOHN, 

B. 

1828. 

D. 

infancy. 


Of these children, the daughters : — 




HANNAH JANE®, in 1837, was married 
to Professor William M. Nevin, L.L. I)., of 
Franklin and Marshall College at Lancaster, 
Pennsylvania. She died July 24th, 1851. 
They had children. John Maclay , Martha 


Ellen , Benjamin Reynolds , William Maclay, 
Hannah Maclay. All of these died in child- 
hood or infancy except Martha Ellen who 
is married to Mr. J. B. Kremer and resides 
in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 























































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ABIGAIL CATHERINE' was married on 
the 15th of March, 1843, to Benjamin Ster- 
rett, living in Cincinnati, Ohio. She died 
on the 31st of July, 1850. They had child- 
ren: William Maclay , b. December 13th, 
1843; Mary Virginia, b. April 13th, 1845; 
Hannah Reynolds (died infancy) and Robert 
(died in infancy). William lost his wife a 
few years ago and is now living with his 
uncle, Dr. Charles B. Maclay, in Peoria, 
Illinois. During the Civil War he served 
three weeks in Kentucky during the “ Kirby 
Smith ” raid, and in 1864 was stationed in 
Fort McHenry, the same fort which his 
grandfather, the Hon. John Maclay, had 
marched to defend when attacked by the 
British in the war of 1812. On the return 
of his regiment to Ohio, William Maclay 
Sterrett served in the Mound City as master’s 
mate. Mary was married to Alfred Titus 
and resides in Chicago, Illinois. They had 
two children, William Sterrett , d. infancy, 
and Mary Sterrett b. September 6th, 1869. 

SARAH ELLEN 6 , was married on the 
14th of March, 1843, to the Rev. James 
Irwin Brownson, D. D., of Washington, 
Pennsylvania. She died April 14th, 1853. 
They had children : — 


Sarah Smith-Whitehill 

b. 1844. 


John Maclay 

B. 1845. 


Elliot Creigh 

B. 1847. 

D. 1849. 

Ellen Maclay 

B. 1849. 


Mary Reynolds 

B. 1852. 

D. 1853. 


Of these children : — 

SARAH SMITH 7 was married to Henry R. 
Whitehill, Attorney-at-Law, on the 2d of Decem- 
ber, 1873, and now resides at Deer Lodge, Mon- 
tana. They have children : Margaret Brownson, 
b. March 27th, 1878, d. infancy, and James Brown- 
son , b September 3d, 1879. 

|L gl. gJ. 

B. 1845. 

JOHN MACLAY BROWNSON 7 , (son of Sarah 6 , 
John 6 , John*, Charles 3 , John 6 , Charles 1 ,) the first 
son of Sarah Ellen Maclay, and the Rev. James 
Brownson, D. D., was born on the 10th of October 
1845, in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Penn- 
sylvania. He entered the public schools of Wash- 
ington, Pennsylvania, and the preparatory depart- 
ment of Washington and Jefferson College, grad- 
uating from that college in 1865, with the degree 
of Bachelor of Arts. He then began the study 
of law but abandoned it for merchantile life in 
which he is now engaged in Pittsburg, Pennsyl- 
vania. On the 4th of November, 1880, he married 
Mary Conrad of Alleghany, Pennsylvania. They 
have children - 

Merle Conrad - - - b. 1881. 

James Maclay - - - b. 1888. 

LIVIA ELIZA" was married on the 13th 
of March, 1862, to Alexander Plumei of 
West Newton, Pennsylvania. They had no 
children. She is now a widow, residing in 
Peoria, Illinois. 







Of the son of Hon. John Maclay 



IJeu. (&ljavU& 

CHARLES BENJAMIN MACLAY 6 , (son 
of John 6 , John', Charles 3 , John 1 , Charles \) the 
second son of the Hon. John Maclay 6 , was 
born on the 23d of April, 1824, on the old 
homestead near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. 
In 1830 he moved with his parents to Cham- 
bersburg for better educational facilities. 
In 1840 he went to Mercersburg, Pennsyl- 
vania, and entered Marshall College, at 
Lancaster of this same state, now known 
as Marshall and Franklin College. He 
graduated in 1843 with the degree of Bach- 
elor of Arts, the degree of Master of Arts 
being conferred upon him a few years later. 
On graduating he entered upon a three 




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years’ course of theology in the Presbyterian 
Western Seminary of Theology and received 
a license from the presbytery of Carlisle in 
April, 1846. 

On the 2d of September, 1846, he married 
Louisa Irwin, whose half sister Elizabeth 
was the mother of President Benjamin Har- 
rison while her half sister Jane, presided at 
the White House during the short term of 
the first President Harrison, being the widow 
of his son William Henry Harrison. Charles 
Benjamin Maclay was Pastor of the Presby- 
terian Church of Petersburg, Pennsylvania 
in 1847 and 1848, and during the years 1849, 
1850 and 1851 he was Pastor of the Presby- 
terian Church of Gallipolis, Ohio. He then 
entered the Cincinnati College of Medicine 
and graduated from that institution in 1852 
with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. 







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THE DESCENDANTS OF HON. JOHN MACLAY “OF CARPENTERS HALL.” 


In the years of 1852, 1853 and 1854 he 
was Principal of the Beaver Academy and 
Female Seminary in Beaver, Pennsylvania. 
In 1854, he was teaching in Pittsburg, and 
in 1859 he was appointed professor of 
Medical Jurisprudence in the Cincinnati 
College of Medicine and Surgery. In 1885 
he moved to Peoria, Illinois, and is now 
engaged in the practice of medicine. 

He has children : — 


Sidney-Booth, 

John, 

Archibald Irwin, 
Harriet-Fisher, - 
Hannah-Reynolds, 
Louisa Irwin, - 
Charles Benjamin, 


B. 1847. 

B. 1849. 

B. 1851. 

B. 1853. 

B. 1856. D. 1888. 
B. 1858. 

B. 1860. d. 1879. 


Of these children, the daughters: — 


SIDNEY 7 , in 1872, was married to Charles L. 
Booth and now resides in Peoria, Illinois. They 
have two children, Louisa Livia and Charles 
Maclay. 


HARRIET WHITEMAN 7 in 1883 was married 
to J. E. F. Fisher, of Peoria, where they now 
reside. They have three children, Louise, Janet 
and Eleanor Maclay. 


Of the sons : — 


tftlttdmj, p. p. 

b. 1849. 

JOHN MACLAY 1 (son of Charles', John 6 , John*, 
Charles 8 , John 1 , Charles',) the first son of the 
Rev. Charles Benjamin Maclay 7 , M. D. , was born 
in Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 
on the 13th of September, 1849. He was educated 
in the several towns of his residence. In 1880 he 
entered Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, 
from which he graduated in 1882 with the degree 
of Doctor of Medicine. He moved to Minneapolis, 
Kansas, in 1887, where he is now practicing his 
profession. 

gtrcljibrtlb JL iflnclatj, lil. p. 

ARCHIBALD IRWIN MACLAY’, (son of 
Charles", John 6 , John', Charles ", John 1 , Charles',) 
the second son of the Rev. Charles Benjamin 
Maclay 6 , M. D.. was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, on 
the 14th of December, 1851. He moved with his 
parents to Beaver, Pennsylvania. He attended the 
the State Normal School of Illinois, and graduated 
from the Jefferson Medical College at Philadel- 
phia in 1874 with the degree of Doctor of Medi- 
cine. On the 21st of May, 1874, he married Anna 
J. Horton of Delavan, Illinois, where they located 
They have one daughter, Josephine Horton. 




(TDlje Pcs entrants of 


Aenatav ptiUiam gtlaclmj. 


llnitcS 

states 

gtmtatov. 



b. 1737. . 


=^. i). 1804. 



JOHN HARRIS, 

- 

B. 

1770. 

D. infancy. 

ELIZA, 

- 

B. 

1772. 

I). 1794. 

ELEANOR- WALLACE, 

- 

B. 

1774. 

d. 1823. 

MARY-AWL, 

- 

B. 

1776. 

d. 1823. 

\ 

H ESTER-HALL, - 

- 

B. 

1778. 

i). — 

SARAH-IRWIN, 

- 

B. 

1781. 

D. 

JANE-LYON, 

- 

B. 

1783. 

D. 1809. 

WILLIAM (1), 

- 

B. 

1784. 

d. 1785. 

WILLIAM (2), 

_ 

B. 

1787. 

D. 1813. 







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ilcomttimtte of 


Senator Mlilliam /Iftacla^, 


Ulniteb grtrttes gtenatcu*. 

ELEANOR 5 , the first daughter of Senator William Maclay to arrive at 
maturity was married ou the 21st of April, 1806, to William Wallace, attor- 
ney and counselor-at-law, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She died on the 2d 
of January, 1823, in the Maelay mansion, a stone house now standing on the 
corner of South and Front Street, Harrisburg. 

They had children : — 




MARY ELIZABETH-DE WITT - 

B. 

1807. 

D. 

1881 

WILLIAM MACLAY, 

B. 

1808. 

I). 

1877 

BENJAMIN, 

B. 

1810. 

D. 

1862 

IRWIN MACLAY, - 

B. 

1813. 




Of these children 


tSK-se; 


MARY ELIZABETH 6 was married on 
the 15th of March, 1825, to the Rev. William 
Radcliffe DeWitt, son of John and Katherine 
Van Vleit DeWitt, of Duchess County, New 
York. Mary Elizabeth died on the 1 Gtli of 
October, 1881. Her husband died Decem- 
ber 23d, 1867, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 
They had children : — 


William Radcliffe 

B. 

1826. 


Julia Anna Woodhull - 

B. 

1828. 


Eleanor Wallace 

B. 

1830. D. 

1831. 

Katherine-Sterry - 

B. 

1833. 


Wallace (1) - 

B. 

1835. D. 

1836 

Wallace (2) - - - 

B. 

1837. 


Calvin .... 

B. 

1840. 


John 

B. 

1842. 


Mary Wallace 

B. 

1846. D. 

1870. 

Of these children, the 

daughters 



JULIA ANNA WOODHULL 7 is now living in 
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and has written a number 
of articles for magazines and periodicals. 

KATHERIJNE VAN VLEIT 7 , the third daugh- 
ter of Mary Elizabeth Wallace, was married on the 



3d of October, 1861, to George E. Sterry, of New 
York City. They have children: — 

William DeWitt - b 1862. 

George Edwards - b. 1864. 

John DeWitt - - b. 1865. 

Edward Augustus b. 1867. d. 1868. 

James Weaver - b. 1869. 

Wallace Maclay - b. 1872. 

Thomas Hunt - b. 1875. d. infancy. 

Of the son of Mary Elizabeth Wallace and 
William Radcliffe DeWitt: — 

©oltmel glefllitttt. 

UNITED STATES ARMY. 

WILLIAM RADCLIFFE DE WITT’, (son of 
Mary 6 , Eleanor 5 , William 4 , Charles 3 , Jo/m 2 , 
Charles',) the first son of the Rev. William R. 
DeWitt and Mary Elizabeth Wallace, was born on 
the 6th of December, 1826, in Harrisburg, Penn- 
sylvania. He was educated under the care of his 
father and his uncle, the Rev. B. J. Wallace, LL. D. 
Princeton College conferred the degree of Master of 
Arts upon him in 1856, and in 1852 he graduated 




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THE DESCENDANTS OF SENATOR WILLIAM MACLAY, UNITED STATES SENATOR. 




from the Medical College of Philadelphia. He was 
then appointed assistant physician of the Pennsyl- 
vania State Lunatic Hospital, at Harrisburg. In 
1855, lie inspected the various hospitals of England. 
France, Germany and Belgium. In 1860, he was 
appointed by President Buchanan as physician 
and surgeon of the United States Hospital at 
Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. He returned to the 
United States in 1862, and was appointed acting 
assistant surgeon in the Georgetown College Hos- 
pital, Georgetown, D. C. On the 1st of July, 
1864, he was appointed by President Lincoln 
surgeon of the United States Volunteers. He was 
detailed to duty as Surgeon -in-Chief of the First 
Division of the Fifth Corps of the Army of the 
Potamac and served in that capacity to the close 
of the war. On the 27th of August, 1866, he was 
promoted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel of Volun- 
teers, and was mustered out of service in Novem- 
ber, 1867, when he resumed the practice of medi- 
cine in Harrisburg. 

In 1875 he moved to San Mateo, Putnam 
County, Florida, on account of ill-health, where 
he resides at this date, being largely engaged in 
orange growing. He is Junior Warden in St. 
Matthew’s Protestant Episcopal Church, and in 
1880 was sent to the General Convention as dele- 
gate from the Diocese of Florida. 

On the 4th of November, 1865, William R. 
DeWitt married Susan Elizabeth Spangler, of 
York, Pennsylvania. They have children : — 

William Radcliffe b. 1867. 

John Hamilton - - b. 1870. d. 1870. 

ijPallace gL £i. 

B. 1837. •a- ' - - s>3fo g— ^ -Q. 

WALLACE DE WITT 7 , (son of Mart/, Eleanor °, 
William *, Charles 3 , John 2 , Charles 1 ,) the third son 
of Mary Elizabeth Wallace, was born on the 19th 
of August, 1837, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 
He was educated in Harrisburg Academy, and in 
1854 entered Princeton College, graduating in 
1857 witii the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He 
studied law under the Hon. John J. Pearson, 
resident judge of Dauphin and Lebanon Counties, 
and was admitted to the bar of Dauphin County 
in February, 1863. He commenced his practice in 
Ei’ie County, and in 1864 was elected prothonotary 
of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for the 
middle district, which office he held until 1870, 
having served two terms of three years each. In 
1865 he settled in Harrisburg, where he has pur- 
sued his profession with eminent success. In 
politics he is a Democrat, and since 1883 has been 
chairman of that party in Dauphin County. In 


In 

the 


1884 he was their candidate for State Senator. 
1859-60 he compiled the first catalogue of 
Pennsylvania State Library. 

On the 10th of September, 1885, Mr. DeWitt 
married Louise, daughter of John H. Bliss, of 
Erie, Pennsylvania. They have children : — 

Ellen Bliss - b. 1886. 

ittrtjcu* ©aUmt fTlcUJUt, 1x1, 31., yjl. p. 

UNITED STATES ARMY. 

B. 1840. 

CALVIN DE WITT 7 , (son of Mar if, Eleanor' 0 , 
William *, Charles 3 , John 2 , Charles 1 ,) the fourth son 
of Mary Elizabeth Wallace and the Rev. William 
R DeWitt, was born on the 26th of May, 1840, in 
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He received his ele- 
mentary education in the Harrisburg Academy, 
and in 1857 entered Princeton College from which 
he graduated in 1860 with the degree of Bachelor 
of Arts, afterward receiving the degree of Master 
of Arts. He entered the Jefferson Medical College 
at Philadelphia, and graduated with the degree of 
Doctor of Medicine. On the outbreak of the Civil 
War he entered the army, October 24th, 1861, as 
Captain of Company I, of the 49th Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was engaged in 
the battles of Williamsburg, second battle of Bull 
Run and Fredericksburg, and was in McClellan’s 
seven days’ retreat from Richmond. His term of 
service expired January 18th, 1863. 

On the 14th of May, 1867, he entered the United 
States Army as Assistant Surgeon with the rank 
of 1st Lieutenant. Three years later he was pro- 
moted to a Captain, and on the 21st of July, 1885, 
received his commission as Major and Surgeon. 
During this time he was stationed at various mili- 
tary posts in Arizona, California, Nebraska, Wy- 
oming, Dakota, Montana, New York, North 
Carolina, South Carolina and the District of 
Columbia. At the present writing he is stationed 
at Fort Missoula, Montana. 

On the 27th of April, 1877, Major DeWitt 
married Josephine Lesesne, of Charleston, South 
Carolina. 

They have children : — 


Wallace 

Lesesne 

Mary Wallace 


b. 1878. 
b. 1880. 
b. 1884. 


flctt. ^otjn -OelUitt, p.3?., p. 

B. 1842. .o-^ssfcs===^-H>. 

JOHN DE WITT 7 , (son of Mary 0 , Eleanor 0 , Wil- 
liam *, Charles a , John 2 , Charles 1 ,) the fifth and last 
son of Mary Elizabeth Wallace and the Rev. 









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William R. DeWitt, was born on the 10th of Octo- 
ber, 1842, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He 
attended the Harrisburg Academy, and in 1858 
entered the Sophomore Class of Princeton College 
from which he graduated in 1861 with the degree 
of Bachelor of Arts. He entered upon the minis- 
try of the Presbyterian Church for which he 
studied, first in Princeton Theological Seminary 
and afterward in Union Theological Seminary, of 
New York. He was licensed to preach in the 
Presbytery of New York, April, 1864, and in May, 
I 860 , was ordained and installed pastor of the 
Presbyterian Church of Irvington-on-Hudson. 
In 1869 he removed to Boston where he was pastor 
of the Central Congregational Church until 1876, 
when he was called to the pastorate of the First 
Presbyterian Church, of Pittsburg, where he re- 
mained two years when he was called to the 
pastorate of the Tenth Presbyterian Church, of 
Philadelphia. He continued in that position 
until 1882, when he was invited to become Pro- 
fessor of Church History in Lane Theological 
Seminary, of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1874 he 
received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from 
Princeton College, and in 1888 the degree of 
Doctor of Laws from Hanover College. In 
1888, after filling the position of Professor of 
Church History in Lane Theological Seminary for 
six years, he accepted the invitation to take the 
chair of Apologetics and Missions in McCormick 
Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church 
at Chicago, Illinois, which position he is holding 
at this writing. He has published some twenty 
pamphlets and magazine articles, besides a volume 
entitled ‘ ‘ Sermons on the Christian Life, ” Charles 
Scribner’s Sons, New York. In 1874 he visited 
Europe, and again in 1878 and 1881. 

On the 20th of August, 1874, Dr. DeWitt married 
Laura Aubrey, daughter of the Hon. Thomas 
and Elizabeth [Wilkins] Beaver, of Danville, 
Pennsylvania. They have no children. 

ptaclmj Eftt. Ip. 

B. 1808. .ii-==s>%< g — d. 1877. 

WILLIAM MACLAY WALLACE*, 
(son of Eleanor *, William *, Charles 8 , John 5 , 
Charles l ) the first son of Eleanor Maclay and 
William Wallace, was born in Erie, Penn- 
sylvania, in the year 1808. He entered upon 
the profession of medicine, studying under 
Dr. Riley, of Harrisburg, and in the Medical 
College of the University of Pennsylvania. 
He rapidly advanced in his profession, and 
became president of the State Medical 
Society. He died, unmarried, in 1877. 


cv. gu EPaUdce, fp.fp. 

B. 1810. d. 1862. 

BENJAMIN JOHN WALLACE*, (son 
of Eleanor *, William 4 , Charles ’, John 2 , 
Charles 1 ,) the second son of Eleanor Maclay 
and William Wallace, was born on the 7th 
of June, 1810, in Erie, Pennsylvania. He 
studied in Harrisburg Academy and West 
Point Military Academy. He then entered 
Princeton Theological Seminary, from which 
institution he received the degree of Doctor 
of Divinity. Dr. Wallace was one of the 
leaders of the “ New School ” movement of 
the Presbyterian Church, and in 1848 was 
appointed editor-in-chief of the Presbyterian 
Quarterly Review. He died on the 25th of 
July, 1862, in Philadelphia. 

On the 5th of November, 1832, Dr. Wal- 
lace married Sarah Cochran, of Alleghany, 
Pennsylvania. They had children: — 


Ernest Cochran 

b. 1833. 

D. 

1867. 

Irwin Maclay 

b. 1835. 

D. 

1862. 

Ellen-Foster - 

B. 1838. 

D. 

1865. 

Mary 

B. 1840. 

D. 

1845. 

Florence-Hamilton 

B. 1843. 

D. 

1880. 

Alfred Cochran 

B. 1845. 

D. 

1847. 

Sarah Cochran - 

B. 1849. 

D. 

1854. 

Marion-McKallip - 

B. 1850. 

D. 

1883. 

Arthur Harris 

B. 1853. 

D. 

1880. 


Jitrnnn IpJaUacc. 

B. 1813. . 1 )--!===®*®==^. 

IRWIN MACLAY WALLACE*, son of 
Eleanor *, William*, Charles 9 , John 1 , Charles 1 ) 
the third and last son of Eleanor Maclay and 
William Wallace, was born in Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania, in the year 1813. He received 
his education in the Harrisburg Academy, 
and studied in Dickinson and Yale Colleges. 
He entered upon the profession of law, which 
he studied under Herman Alrichs, of Harris- 
burg. He is still living in Erie, Pennsyl- 
vania. In 1847, Mr. W r allace married Eliza- 
beth Reid, of Erie, Pennsylvania. They 
have children : — 


William Maclay - 
Mary Elizabeth 
Robert Reid, 

Elenor Maclay-Allen 
Elizabeth Harris - 
Jane Maclay 
Anna 



b. 1847. 
B. 1849. 
b. 1851. 
B. 1853. 
B. 1855. 
B. 1857. 
b. 1860. 


D. infancy . 


D. infancy . 
D. infancy . 




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MARY 5 , the second daughter of Senator William Maclay to arrive at 
maturity, was married to Samuel Awl, Esquire, on the 27tli of April, 1795. 
She died in 1823, her husband dying January 1st, 1842. 

They had children : — 


WILLIAM MACLAY, 

MARY HARRIS-GEARHART, 
CHARLES MACLAY, 

ELEANOR MACLAY-GROSSMAN, 
CHARLES SAMUEL, 

GEORGE WASHINGTON, 

SARAH IRWIN-WELKES, 
HESTER IIALL-BRINDEL, 
ELIZABETH J AN E-ROH RB ACK , 
ROBERT HARRIS, 


b. 1799. 
B. 1802. 
b. 1804. 
b. 1806. 
b. 1808. 
b. 1810. 
b. 1812. 
b. 1814. 
B. 1816. 
B. 1819. 


D. 1876. 
d. 1870. 

n. 

D. 1889. 
D. 1883. 
i). 1829. 



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toms; 


Of these children, the daughters : — 

MARY HARRIS* was married to William 
C. Gearhart, of Rush township, Northum- 
berland County, Pennsylvania. She died on 
the 29th of November, 1870. They had 
children: Maclay , Mary Ann , Washington 
and Charles. 

ELEANOR MACLAY*, the second 
daughter of Mary Maclay and Samuel Awl, 
Esquire, was married to Ezra Grossman, of 
Sunbury, Pennsylvania. She died on the 
26th of May, 1889. They had one child, 
John Ira , who was wounded in the first 
battle of Bull Run, and died shortly after. 

SARAH IRWIN*, the third daughter of 
Sarah Maclay and Samuel Awl, Esquire, was 


married to the Hon. George Welkes, of Sun- 
bury, Pennsylvania. They had children : 
Amelia , Annie Maclay, William, Rachael, 
John Cares , Sarah Aid, Eliza, George and 


IIESTER HALL", the fourth daughter 
of Mary Maclay and Samuel Awl, Esquire, 
was married to William Brindel, a nephew of 
Governor Ritner. They have childi*en : 
Rebecca, Dyson, Ezra, Jane and Ann. 

ELIZABETH JANE*, the fifth and last 
daughter of Mary Maclay and Samuel Awl, 
Esquire, was married to Daniel Rohrback. 
They have children : Ellen, Harris, Elmira, 
Clara, Elizabeth and Jerome. 


Of tlie sons of Mary Maclay and Samuel Awl, Esquire 



l^iUimn placlcuj Jflit Sb 

B. 1799 . - o *- BtK' S — - c. d. 1876 . 

WILLIAM MACLAY AWL", (son of 
Mary 6 , William', Charles 8 , John \ Charles') 
the first son of Mary Maclay and Samuel 
Awl, Esquire, was born on the 24th of May, 
1799, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He 
studied medicine and graduated from the 
Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia. 
He located first in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1825, 
but shortly after moved to Somerset, in the 
same State. In 1833 he went to Columbus, 





Ohio, and was appointed physician of the 
State Prison. Two years later he became one 
of the organizers of the Ohio Medical Asso- 
ciation, through which body all, save one, of 
the benevolent institutions of the State grew. 
Upon the incorporation of the Ohio Lunatic 
Asylum, in 1837, he was appointed Director 
and afterward Superintendent, which posi- 
tion he held for twelve years, resigning in 
1850. From 1846 to 1848 he was vice- 
president, and from 1848 to 1851 president 
of the Association of Medical Superinten- 
dents of American Institutions for the Insane. 







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In 1862 he was appointed, by Governor Todd, 
superintendent of the Ohio State Capitol, 
which position he held for six years, after 
which lie served as physician to the Ohio 
Institution for the Blind, which he had been 
largely instrumental in organizing. 

In religious affairs Dr. Awl was a Presby- 
terian, being a member of the First Presby- 
terian Church of Columbus and was chosen 
an elder in 1856, in which office he served to 
the day of his death. He wrote a “Chrono- 
logical Chart ” of the Bible with a table 
showing the genealogy of the prominent 
Bible characters and families from Adam 
to Moses. It is accompanied by an ex- 
planatory key, and is a valuable contribution 
to ecclesiastical literature. 

On the 28th of January, 1830, Dr. Awl 
married Rebecca Loughery, of Circleville, 
Ohio. He died on the 19th of November, 
1876, in Columbus, Ohio. He left children: 
Mary Harris , John Woodward , Maggie and 
Jennie. 

©Ijttrlee gt* ^nrl* 

B. 1808 . d. 1883 . 

CHARLES SAMUEL AWL 8 , (son of 
Mary 8 , William \ Charles s , John 3 , Charles 1 ,) 
the third son of Mary Maclay and Samuel 
Awl, Esquire was born on the 1st of August, 
1808, in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. In early 
life he removed to Peoria County, Illinois, 
where he engaged in farming. He was 
elected Justice of the Peace for several years. 
In 1832 he married Lucy Duncan, of New 


Berlin, Pennsylvania. He died on the 1st 
of November, 1883, near Peoria. He had 
children : Ellen , George, Harriet, Lucy, 
William , Samuel and Robert Harris. 


Robert pi* fJ. 

ROBERT HARRIS AWL 8 , (son of 
Mary \ William 4 , Charles 3 , John 3 , Charles 1 ,) 
the fifth and last son of Mary Maclay and 
Samuel Awl, Esquire, was born on the 27th 
of December, 1819, in Sunbury, Pennsyl- 
vania. He entered upon the medical pro- 
fession, graduating from the Pennsylvania 
Medical College, at Philadelphia, with the 
degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1842. He 
practiced his profession at Gratztown and 
Halifax, Pennsylvania, and afterward in 
Columbus, Ohio, where, for three years, he 
was assistant physician in the State Lunatic 
Asylum. Resigning this position in 1849 on 
account of ill health, he returned to Sun- 
bury where he resumed practice and where 
he resides at this writing. In 1863 he was 
elected treasurer of Northumberland County, 
and from 1855 to 1868 and agian from 1885 
to 1888 he was physician of the Northum- 
berland County prison. 

Dr. Awl was twice married, first to Eliza 
Bower who died shortly after; and again, 
November 21st, 1849, to Rebecca Pursel. 
No issue by the first marriage. By second 
marriage there were born : William Maclay, 
Ellen and Mary Pursel. 









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HESTER 5 , the fourth daughter of Senator William Maclay, was married 
in the year 1800 to Henry Hall, Doctor of Medicine in the University of 
Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia. He was a man of classical education and 
wide celebrity in his day. He died in 1808 . 

They had children : — 


WILLIAM MACLAY, 

MARY ELIZABETH-H ARRIS, - 
CATHERINE JULIA-MALLERY, 


H. 1801. 

B. 1802. 
B. 1805. 


D. 1851. 

D. 

d. 1832. 


Of these children, the daughters 

MARY ELIZABETH', the first daughter 
of Hester Maclay and Dr. Henry Hall, was 
married on the 12th of September, 1822, to 
George Washington Harris, of Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania. They had children : — 


Elizabeth Ewing-Kerr 

Catherine Hall 

Robert 

William 

Julia Todd 


b. 1823. 
b. 1825. 

b. 1828. D, 1883. 
B. 1831. d. 1867. 
b . 1834. 



CATHERINE JULIA", the second 
daughter of Hester Maclay and Dr. Henry 
Hall, was married on the 30th of June, 1830, 
to Judge Garrick Mallery, LL.D., of Wilkes- 
barre, Pennsylvania. She died on the 17th 
of July, 1832. They had one son: — 

dScncral (BJatrtrtcl? l^laUevtj, | J. gj. §1. 

GARRICK MALLERY 7 , (son of Catherine *, 
Hester 6 , William 4 , Charles', John', Charles',) the 
only child of Catherine Julia Hall and Judge Gar- 
rick Mallery, was born on the 23d of April, 1831, 
in Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. He graduated 
from Yale College in 1850 with the degree of 
Bachelor of Arts. He then entered the Law De 
partment of the University of Pennsylvania, 
from which he graduated in 1853 with the 
degree of LL. B. He was admitted to the bar 
of Philadelphia where he practiced his pro- 
fession and engaged in editorial work until the 
outbreak of the Civil War, when, at the first 
call for troops, he entered the volunteer ser- 
vice, his first commission being that of 1st Lieu- 
tenant, dating April 15tli, 1861. By subsequent 
promotions he rose to the rank of Lieutenant- 
Colonel and Brevet Colonel, and at the reorgani- 
zation of the regular army, in 1870, was appointed 
Captaiu of the 1st U. S. Infantry. He was twice 




severely wounded, and received three promotions 
by brevet for gallantry in action. 

In the reconstruction period, 1869-1870, being on 
military duty in Virginia as Judge Advocate on 
the staff of successive generals commanding, he 
was appointed to both the offices of Secretary of 
State and Adjutant-General with the rank of 
Brigadier-General. In August, 1870, he was the 
first officer detailed by the Secretary of War for 
duty with the Chief Signal Officer, of the army, at 
Washington to carry into effect the then recent 
legislation initiating the meteorological duties of 
the signal service; his rank being next to that of 
General Meyer. Colonel Mallery was for long 
periods in charge of the Bureau, and was its execu- 
tive officer until 1876, when he was ordered to the 
command of Fort Rice, in Dakota. While there 
he made investigations into the pictographs and 
mythologies of the North American Indians which 
led to his order, June 13th, 1877, by the Secretary 
of War, at the request of the Secretary of the 
Interior, to report to Major J. W. Powell for duty 
in connection with the ethnology of the North 
American Indians. In this work he has con- 
tinued, being retired from active service, July 1st, 
1879, on account of wounds received in action and 
then left at liberty to accept the appointment of 
ethnologist of the Bureau of Ethnology on its or- 
ganization in that year, which office he still 
holds. 

General Mallery is a member of several scientific 
and literary societies in Europe and the United 
States, and was a founder and the president of the 
Anthropological Society and the Cosmos Club 
of Washington; also president of the Philo- 
sophical and Literary Societies, of Washington, 
and vice-president of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science. He has contri- 
buted largely to periodical literature, but his more 
important works, some of which have been trans- 
lated, are: “A Calendar of the Dakota Nation,” 
Washington, 1877; “The former and present 






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ELLEN 7 , on the 25th of April, 1872, was mar- 
ried to J. Herron Crosman, of Philadelphia, Penn 
sylvania, now of New York City. They have 
children : — 

John Herron - - - 

Mary Hall 
Louis Hall - 
George Hampden 
Hall Maclay - - - - 



Of the sons 
Hall : — 


of the Rev. William M. 


THE DESCENDANTS OF SENATOR WILLIAM MACLAY, UNITED STATES SENATOR. 


number of our Indians,” Salem, 1878; “Introduc- 
tion to the Study of Sign Language among the 
Indians, as illustrating the Gesture Speech of 
Mankind,” Washington, 1880; “A Collection of 
Gesture Signs and Signals of the North American 
Indians with some comparison,” 1880; “Sign 
Language among the North American Indians 
compared with that among other people and deaf 
mutes,” 1881; “Pictographs of the North Ameri- 
can Indians,” 1886. 

General Mallery on the 14th of April, 1870, mar- 
ried Helen Marian, daughter of the Rev. A. V. 
Wyckoff, of New Brunswick, New Jersey. They 
have no children. 


gletn placimj 

B. 1801. 0. d. 1851. 

WILLIAM MACLAY HALL' (son of 
Hester 6 , William \ Charles', John', Charles') 
the first and only son of Hester Maclay and 
Dr. Henry Hall was born on the 19th of 
February, 1801, in Harrisburg, Pennsylva- 
nia. He was educated at the Harrisburg 
Academy and entered upon the profession of 
law which he studied under Francis R. 
Shunk, afterward Governor of Pennsyl- 
vania. He was admitted to the bar in 
1822 and settled in Lewistown, Mifflin 
County. In 1832 he joined the Presbyterian 
Church and studied theology at the Western 
Theological Seminary at Alleghany City and 
became an ordained minister of that church. 
In 182G he married Ellen Campbell, daugh- 
ter of Benjamin Williams and Nancy Fisher 
of Cumberland County. William Maclay 
Hall died on the 28th of August, 1851. 

He left children : — 



Jhtbge UHL fSlttclrt*) §nll. 

B. 1828. 

WILLIAM MACLAY HALL 7 , (son of William \ 
Hester s , William*, Charles *, John 1 , Charles',) the 
first son of the Rev. William Maclay Hall to arrive 
at maturity, was born on the 3d of November, 
1828, in Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. 
He studied in Lewistown Academy, and in 1844 
entered Marshall College, at Mercersburg, Penn- 
sylvania, from which he graduated in 1846, being 
the valedictorian of his class. He entered upon 
the profession of law. During the Civil War 
he served one year on special duty in the War 
Department at Washington. In January, 1865, 
he was appointed by President Lincoln as Judge 
Advocate, and from 1871 to 1881 he was Judge of 
the Sixteenth District of Pennsylvania. 

On the 9th of September, 1859, Judge Hall 
married Ellen R. Cramer, of Maryland. They 
have children: Julia, William Maclay, George 
Louis, Emily Rowan, Nathaniel Breading, Eleanor 
Maclay and Richard Cecil. 


(•Scorer fp. 


B. 1831. 


D. 1883. 


Henry Williams 

b. 1826- 

D. 1833. 

William Maclay 

b. 1828. 


George Duffield - 

b. 1831. 

D. 1883. 

Louis Williams 

B. 1833. 


Catherine Julia-Hogg 

B. 1837. 


Mary-Jordan 

B. 1840. 


Ellen-Crosman 

B. 1847. 




Of these children, the daughters: — 

CATHERINE JULIA 7 was married on the 22d 
of October, 1857, to Nathaniel B. Hogg, of Pitts- 
burg, Pennsylvania. They have no children. 

MARY 7 was married to the Hon. Francis 
Jordan, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They have 
no children. 


8o — ■§»-£<- 


GEORGE DUFFIELD HALL 7 , (son of Wil- 
liam', Hester 6 , William', Charles *, John a , Charles'.) 
the second son of the Rev. William Maclay Hall 
to arrive at maturity, was born on the 19th of 
February, 1881, in Lewistown. Mifflin County, 
Pennsylvania. After graduating from Marshall 
College, at Mercersburg, in 1849, he entered the 
banking house of Mr. Russell, of Lewistown. He 
also began the study of law, but weakness of the 
eyes prevented close application to his books. In 
1851 he moved to Pittsburg, and entered the firm 
of Lyon, Shorb & Co., and in 1856 moved to St. 
Louis, Missouri, as manager of the branch office 
of that firm. This position he filled with great 
ability, and in a few years became the sole owner 
of the establishment. 


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During the Civil War lie was a stanch Union 
man and exerted his influence as director of a 
leading bank and as a business man in favor of 
the Federal Government. In September. 1860, he 
married Louisa Augusta, daughter of Edward 
Miller, the eminent civil engineer. On the death 
of his wife, Mr. Hall married Miss Allen, of St. 
Louis. He died on the 6th of December. 1883, in 
St. Louis. 

Mr. Hall was a zealous member of the Presby- 
terian Church, and during his stay in Pittsburg 
was one of the original movers of the Young 
Men’s Christian Association of that city. He was 
a man of great social gifts, generous in his dispo- 
sition and much given to hospitality. He was 
possessed of fine literary attainments and conver- 
sational power, while his great success in business 
life speaks for his high standing as a man of in- 
tegrity and honor. 

By his first marriage there was no issue, but by 
his second wife he had children: Allen, Lords 
Maclay, Mabel Harlekenden and George Duffield. 


Ifrcttrttor C. UfcL 

LOUIS WILLIAMS HALL 7 , (son of William', 
Hester 6 , William 4 , Charles 3 , John 2 , Charles',) the 
third son of the Rev. William Maclay Hall to 
arrive at maturity, was born on the 4th of July, 
1833, in Alleghany City, Pennsylvania. He was 
educated in the Bedford Classical School and 
read law with his brother, William M. Hall. In 
1854 he was admitted to the bar and settled at 
Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he became attorney 
for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. In 
1859 he was elected as the Republican candidate 
in a Democratic district, to the State Senate, to 
which he was again elected in 1862. He was 
twice elected Speaker of that body. Declining 
a re-nomination in 1865, he settled in Harrisburg 
where he is at this writing, having been the lead- 
ing counselor to the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- 
pany for thirty -four years. On the 25th of Septem- 
ber. 1867, Senator Hall married Eliza Warford, of 
Harrisburg. They have children : Eliza Warford, 
Ellen, Mary Grace, Lords William and Francis 
Jordan. 




JANE 6 , the sixth and last daughter of Senator William Maclay, was 
married to John Lyon in 1808. She died on the 30th of April, 1809, leaving 
one child : — 


tip. H&laxlmj 

B. 1809. .q- » — s-S& s — -» t . d. 1889. 

WILLIAM MACLAY LYON", (son of 
Jane * , William ", Charles 3 , John 5 , Charles',) 
the first and only child of Jane Maclay and 
John Lyon was born on the 30th of April, 
1809, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He 
received his education partly in Dickinson 
College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and partly 
in Union College, at Schenectady, New York, 


after which he spent two years in the study 
of law in the office of John Lyon of Union- 
town but did not seek admission to the bar. 

In 1831 he entered the firm of Lyon, 
Shorb & Co., at Pittsburg, one of the largest 
iron firms of Pennsylvania and gradually 
attained a controlling influence in that es- 
tablishment. For half a century Mr. Lyon 
was associated with the greatest of the iron 
industry of western Pennsylvania. He died 
unmarried on the 3d of July, 1889. 



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®ljc pceccnbmtts of 


Senator Samuel fHitclmj. 

lluiteb £»tatc& Senator. 


B. 1741. 


i). 1811. 


1 


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WILLIAM PLUNKET, 
E LE ANOR-M ACLA Y , 

CHARLES, - 

ESTHER, 

JANE-HENDERSON, 

JOHN, 

SAMUEL, - 

DAVID, 

ROBERT PLUNKET, 


- b. 1774. d. 1842. 

- b. 1777. I). 1802. 

b. 1779. d. 1807. 

- b. 1782. d. 1807. 

b. 1786. d. 1848. 

- B. 1789. D . 1855. 

b. 1792. D. 1836. 

- b. 1797. d. 1818. 

b. 1799. D. 1884. 







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@4 jc glee-mtbmtta of 

Senator Samuel /lftacla& 

lllttiteh states Senator. 

ELEANOR 5 , the first daughter of Senator Samuel Maclay, was married 
to her cousin, the Hon. David Maclay, as already stated. 

ESTHER 5 , the second daughter of Senator Samuel Maclay, died in her 
twenty-fourth year, unmarried. 

JANE 5 , the third and last daughter of Senator Samuel Maclay, was 
married to Dr. Joseph Henderson. She died in 1848, without issue. 

Don. pUUicmt Q. JUtcidatj. 







MEMBER OF CONGRESS. 


B. 1774. 


I). 1842. 




WILLIAM PLUNKET MACLAY 5 , (son of Samuel', Charles*, John-, 
Charles',') the first son of Senator Samuel Maclay, was born on the 23d of 
August, 1774, in Buffalo Valle) 7 , Pennsylvania. As attested by his subse- 
quent career he made the best use of the limited means of education of those 
days. On the 1st of December, 1802, he married Sallie, daughter of Judge 
William Brown, of Mifflin County. In 1808 he was appointed by Governor 
Snyder prothonotary of Mifflin County, which office he held until 1814 when 
he was elected to Congress to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of 
Thomas Burnside. He was subsequently re-elected to Congress two full 
terms, 1816 to 1820. In 1837-38 he was a member of the Constitutional Con- 
vention. He declined signing the document framed by that body because of 
the exclusion of the colored vote. 

In religious affairs William Maclay was a Presbyterian, and was an elder 
in the West Kishacoquillas Presbyterian Church, of which he was a life-long 
member. On the death of his first wife, January 2d, 1810, he married, in 1812, 
Jane Holmes, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He died on the 2d of September, 
1842, in Milroy, Mifflin County. He had children : — 


By his first wife, Sallie Brown : — 



SAMUEL, - 
WILLIAM BROWN, 
CHARLES JOHN, 


b. 1803. 

b. 1805. d. 1853. 
b. 1807. i). 1828. 





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By his second wife, Jane Holmes: — 



HOLMES, - 

- 

B. 1815. 

n. 1869. 

DAVID, 

- 

b. 1818. 


ROBERT PLUNKET, 

- 

B. 1821. 

0. 1881. 

JOSEPH HENDERSON, - 

- 

B. 1824. 



Of these children : — 


Stcmtttel itlrtrtmj, igfct* §>♦ 


B. 1803. 


i ■£(£==!_ 



SAMUEL MACLAY 6 , (son of William *, 
Samuel *, Charles' , John', Charles 1 ,) the first 
son of the Hon. William P. Maclay, was 
born on the 5th of October, 1803, in Union 
township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. In 
1809 he moved with his parents to Lewis- 
town, of the same county. He received his 
education in the public schools of Washing- 
ton, where he resided during his father’s 
attendance in Congress, and in the grammar 
school of the Rev. John Hutchinson. He 
entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle, Penn- 
sylvania, in 1822, and graduated from there 
in 1825 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts; 
the degree of Master of Arts being conferred 
upon him in 1827. He studied medicine 
under Dr. Joseph Henderson, and graduated 
from the Medical College of the University 
of Pennsylvania in 1829 with the the degree 
of Doctor of Medicine. On the 26th of 
April, 1824, he married Margaret Baxter, 
whose father was an officer in the English 
army. Dr. Maclay commenced the practice 
of medicine in Lewistown, and in 1833 
removed to Milroy where he spent the greater 
portion of his life. 

In 1839 he visited Great Britain with his 
wife, making an extended tour in Scotland 
and Ireland, and returned in 1840. On the 
death of his wife, he removed from Milroy 
to Washington, D. C., where he is now 
living with his two daughters. 

In religious affairs Dr. Maclay is a Presby- 
terian uniting with that church when a student 
in college. He was elected a Ruling Elder in 
1830 in the Lewistown church, and on his 
removal to Milroy was elected to the same 
office in the church of that place, which 
position he retained till his departure for 
Washington in 1887. 

His first vote was given to John Quincy 




Adams in 1824. He voted for General 
Harrison in 1840, as did his father and all 
his brothers. He voted for Fremont in 
1856, and for Lincoln in 1860 and 1864, 
and has been an ardent Republican ever since 
the formation of that party. He has never 
been a candidate for political office, being too 
much of an Anti-Slavery man to be popular 
in his day. 

On the death of his first wife, he married 
Mrs. Harriet Irwin ( nee Patton), July 3d, 
1863. There was no issue by his first 
marriage. By his second there were child- 
ren : — 


Sakah Brown - - b. 1865. 

Nannie Patton b. 1867. 

Ellen Margaret b. 1868. 


d. 1872. 


UJtUicmt piaclmj. 


b. 1805. 


D. 1853. 


WILLIAM BROWN MACLAY 6 , (son of 
William ', Samuel*, Charles', John', Charles *) 
the second son of the Hon. William P. 
Maclay, was born in Union township, Mifflin 
County, Pennsylvania, on the 5th of April, 
1805. He was educated in the common 
schools of Lewistown and in the Northum- 
berland Academy. In October, 1830, he 
married Eleanor, daughter of Ralph Lashells. 
He resided all his life in the county in which 
he was born, being a useful and respected 
citizen. He was elected an elder in the 
Presbyterian Church, of Milroy, while in poli- 
tics he was a Whig. He died on his farm near 
Milroy on the 28th of March, 1853, surviving 
his wife three years. He left children : — 

Sarah Jane b. 1834. d. 1856. 

Ralph Lashells, b. 1836. d. 1866. 

Mary Brown - b. 1838. d. 1858. 

Elizabeth-Sterrett b. 1842. 

Isabella-MacDonald b. 1845. d. 1875. 

Ellen Margaret b. 1848. n. 1861. 






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Of these children, the daughters: — 

ELIZABETH 7 , the third daughter of William B. 
Maclay, was married to William A. Sterrett, and 
resides in Cadet, Missouri, where she has charge 
of her sister’s children. She lias no children of 
her own. 

ISABELLA PLUNKET 7 , the fourth daughter 
of William B. Maclay, was married to A. A. Mac- 
Donald, a half-brother of General James A. 
Beaver. She died in 1875, leaving three children : 
Margaret, Annie and Ralph, who are now living 
in Cadet, Missouri, in charge of their Aunt Eliza- 
beth. 

(Caltmcl £. ijftaclatj. 

PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. 


B. 1836. 


D. 1866. 


RALPH LASHELLS MACLAY 7 , (son of Wil- 
liam' 1 , William *, Samuel*, Charles*, John*, Charles 1 ,) 
the only son of William Brown Maclay, was born 
on the 1st of March, 1836, in Mifflin County, Penn- 
sylvania. He was educated in Tuscarora Acade- 
my. In 1855 he entered Jefferson College, from 
which he graduated in 1859. He entered upon 
the profession of the law which he studied under 
Judge Wilson, of Lewistown, Pennsylvania. On 
the outbreak of the Civil War he entered the ser- 
vice as Captain in the 49tli Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers. He served in a number of battles of the 
McClellan Campaign on the Peninsula, where he 
contracted a disease and was compelled to resign. 
On partial recovery of his health he again went to 
the front and was commissioned as Colonel of the 
18th Pennsylvania Emergency Men, but his health 
again failed. He lingered till June 11th, 1866, 
when he died unmarried in Milroy, Pennsylvania, 

gon. f-jolmo© |£tacimj, 

PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. 


B. 1815. 


D. 1869. 



HOLMES MACLAY", (son of William*, 
Samuel 4 , Charles*, John*, Charles 1 ,) the fourth 
son of the Hon. William P. Maclay, was 
born on the 5th of June, 1815, in Lewistown, 
Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. He was pre- 
pared for college in the academy of his native 
town, and entered Washington College, 
leaving in 1837 before graduating. On the 
15th of April, 1852, he married Isabella 
Plunket Richardson, of Monroe County, New 
York State. In 1862 he was elected to the 
Legislatuie of his native State and served 


one term, after which he was appointed 
postmaster of Milroy, which office he held to 
the date of his death which occurred on the 
29th of November, 1869, in Milroy. He 
had children: — 

Margaret Baxter - b. 1855. 

Mary Holmes-Glass - b. 1857. 

William Plunket - - b. 1859. 

Ella-Murphy - - b. 1861. 

Samuel - - - - b. 

Of the sons: — 

tptHUiam $b |tlaclatj. 

B. 1859. .o-.==®*G&==^-e. 

WILLIAM PLUNKET MACLAY 7 , (son of 
Holmes 5 , William 1 ', Samuel', Charles 3 , John 1 , 
Charles 1 ,) the first son of the Hon. Holmes Maclay, 
was born in Milroy, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, 
on the 6th of January, 1859. He received his edu- 
cation in the graded schools of his native town, 
and in the spring of 1881 moved to Iowa, In 1882 
he moved to Downes, Kansas, and resides there at 
this writing. On the 1st of March, 1886, he 
married Juniata McVey, of Mifflin County. Penn- 
sylvania. There was born to them, January 22d, 
1887, Mary Gibson, 

gtenator 

PENNSYLVANIA SENATE. 

DAVID MACLAY", (son of William *, 
Samuel*, Charles *, John*, Charles \) the fifth 
son of the Hon. William P. Maclay, was 
born in Lewistown, Mifflin County, Penn- 
sylvania, on the 9th of June, 1818. He was 
educated in the public schools of his native 
town. On the 17th of February, 1846, he 
married Elizabeth Plunket Richardsou, of 
Macedon, New York State. He has resided 
on the homestead in Clarion County since 
1844, and has traveled extensively through 
the Western States and Territories. In 1872 
he was elected State Senator, which office he 
held till 1875. He now lives at Sligo, 
Clarion County, Pennsylvania. He had 
children : — 

Jane Holmes-Clover - b. 1847. 

Mary Porter-Curll - b. 1849. 

William Plunket - - b. 1851. 

Margaret Richardson b. 1854. 

Samuel - - - - b. 1856. 

Elizabeth-Wescott - b. 1858. 




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Sallie Brown - - - b. 1861. 

David Richardson - b. 1863. 

Ann Means - - - b. 1867. 

Harriet Patton - - b. 1869. 

Of these children, the daughters: — 

JANE HOLMES 7 , the first daughter of Senator 
David Maclay, was married to Louis S. Clover on 
the 5th of March, 1872. They now reside in Em- 
mons County, Dakota. They have children : 
Elizabeth Richardson, b. April 15th, 1873 ; Mary 
Porter, b. August 17th, 1875; Sophia Bell, b. Feb- 
ruary 2d, 1877 ; Sarah Brown, b. November 8th, 
1879; David Maclay, b. October 16th, 1882. 

MARY PORTER 7 , the second daughter of Sena- 
tor David Maclay, was married on the 17th of 
September, 1873, to Henry Curll. They reside in 
Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. They 
have children: Daniel, b. July 5th, 1874; Henry, 
b. March 3d, 1876 ; Elizabeth, b. December 25th, 
1878; Anne May, b. December 13th, 1881; and 
Carrie Frank, b. June 27th, 1887. 

MARGARET RICHARDSON 7 resides with her 
brother, Samuel, in Bitter Root Valley, Montana. 


son of Senator David Maclay, was born on the 
27th of September, 1856, on the homestead in 
Clarion County, Pennsylvania. He received his 
education in the public schools, and in 1881 moved 
to Bitter Root Valley, Missoula County, Montana, 
where he resides at this writing. He is unmarried. 

piittib |j$. ijtlacliTtj. 

B. 1863. 

DAVID RICHARDSON MACLAY 7 , (son of 
David?, William 6 , Samuel*, Charles s , John*, Charles') 
the third son of Senator David Maclay, was born 
on the 26th of November, 1863, in Sligo, Clarion 
County, Pennsylvania. He was educated in 
Keeds Academy, and in 1881 moved to Missoula 
County, Montana, where he now resides. On the 
20th of May, 1888, he married Carrie V. McClain, 
of Missoula County, Montana. There was born to 
them, February 21st, 1889, David Lamar. 

Robert Irfctrtclmj* 

B. 1821. .0_i=3)7Sc5==^. D. 1881. 


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ELIZABETH PLUNKET 7 was married on the 
17th of December, 1884, to George Wescott. They 
reside in Emmons County, Dakota. They have 
children : Nannie, b. March 7th, 1885, and David 
Maclay, b. April 10th, 1887. 

SALLIE BROWN 7 resides with her parents at 
Sligo, Pennsylvania. 

Of the sons: — 

fjiHUiam Utlaclatj. 

B. 1851. J -d. 

WILLIAM PLUNKET MACLAY 7 , (son of 
David?, William 6 , Samuel*, Charles*, John*, Charles',) 
the first son of Senator David Maclay, was born 
on the 8th of November, 1851, on the homestead 
in Clarion County, Pennsylvania. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools in the vicinity, and in 
1880 moved to Bitter Root Valley, Missoula 
County, Montana, where he now resides. In 
March, 1884, he married Mrs. Fleta Gardner, of 
Erie County, Pennsylvania. They have children : 
William Paul, b. December 7th, 1886, and David, 
b. 1888. 

gtrttuuel IcHaciatj* 

B. 1856. .a -> — "5 )^(5 — f- n, 

SAMUEL MACLAY 7 (son of David 6 , William 6 , 
Samuel*, Charles *, John*, Charles',) the second 


ROBERT PLUNKET MACLAY", (sou 
of William ", Samuel 4 , Charles s , John 1 , 
Charles 1 ,) the sixth son of the Hon. William 
Plunket Maclay, was born on the 16th of 
May, 1821, in Lewistown, Mifflin County, 
Pennsylvania. At an early age he moved 
with his parents to the farm near Belle- 
ville, of the same county. On the 25th of 
November, 1857, he married Martha Barr, 
of Brown township, Mifflin County, Penn- 
sylvania. He died April 20th, 1881. There 
were born to them : — 


William Barr 
Jennie Lendrum 

Of these children : — 


b. 1860. 
b. 1865. 


UttHUiam jplitclcttj. 


B. 1860. 


— s>jj$cg — 


WILLIAM BARR MACLAY 7 , (son of Robert 6 , 
William 6 , Samuel*, Charles ’, John*, Charles',) 
the first and only son of Robert Plunket Maclay, 
was born on the 25th of August, 1860, in Union 
township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. He re- 
ceived his education in the schools of the vicinity, 
and in 1878 entered the State Normal School from 
which he graduated in 1880. On the 15th of Feb- 
ruary, 1888, he married Lizzie Mary Campbell, of 
Mifflin County, Pennyl vania. 


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PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. 

B. 1825. .»- • — 

JOSEPH HENDERSON MACLAY*, 
(son of William *, Samuel *, Charles' , John a , 
Charles',) the seventh and last son of the 
Hon. William Plunket Maclay, was born on 
the 21st of November, 1825, on the old 
homestead near Belleville, Pennsylvania. 
He was educated in the public schools and 
at Lewistown Academy. In 1879 and 1881 
he represented Mifflin County in the Legis- 
lature. The most important measure before 


the Legislature during his terms of service 
was the Pittsburg Riot Bill which he op- 
posed. He also was a witness in the bribery 
suits which followed. In 1881 there was a 
long contest for the United States Senator- 
ship, Joseph Maclay being oneof the fifty-six 
Republicans who refused to support General 
Oliver. 

Mr. Maclay, like his brothers, is a Repub- 
lican, having voted for Fremont in 1856 and 
for every Republican afterward. In religious 
affairs he is a Presbyterian. On the 15th of 
November, 1854, he married Mary Elizabeth, 
daughter of Judge Robert P. Maclay. No 
issue. 




gtoljn ptaclmj. 


b. 1789. 


d. 1855. 


JOHN MACLAY , (son of Samuel *, Charles, John 2 , Charles',) the third 
son of Senator Samuel Maclay, was born in Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania, in 
1789. On the 11th of February, 1812, he married Annie, sister of the Hon. 
James Dale, of Union County, Pennsylvania. John Maclay was register and 
recorder of deeds for Union County. In 1833 he moved to Yandalia, Illinois, 
where he died on the 25th of June, 1855. He had children:— 


SAMUEL, - - - 

B. 

1813. 

D. 

1835. 

CHARLES, - - - 

B. 

1815. 

D. 

infancy, 

WILLIAM PLUNKET, 

B. 




ELIZABETH Armstrong, 

(2) Alexander, 

B. 




ANNIE, - - - 

B. 


D. 

1835. 


Of these children very little is known, except that all the sons died 
unmarried or without issue. Elizabeth married first Mr. Armstrong and then 
Mr. Alexander, of Yandalia, Illinois. I have been unable to learn anything 
about her. 




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Jttcmtuel Jjttaclcuj. 


B . 1792. «o- *- — -» o» D . 1836. 

SAMUEL MACLAY 5 , (sou of Samuel', Charles 3 , John?, Charles',) the 
fourth son of Senator Samuel Maclay, was born in 1792. In 1813 he married 
Margaret, daughter of the Rev. James Johnston. On the death of his wife he 
married Elizabeth, also a daughter of the Rev. James Johnston. Samuel 
Maclay died on the 17th of February, 1836. He had children: — 


By his first wife, Margaret Johnston: — 

SAMUEL, ... . 

JAMES JOHNSTON, 

WILLIAM JOHN, - 

By his second wife, Elizabeth Johnston: — 


b. 1814. 
b. 1815. 
b. 1817. 


n. 1851. 
n. 1848. 

D. infancy. 


ROBERT PLUNKET, 

B. 

1819. 



CHARLES, - - - 

B. 

1822. 

D. 

1863. 

DAVID, .... 

B. 

1823. 

D. 


JOHN, .... 

B. 

1825. 

I). 

1867. 

MARGARET-BRISCOE, 

B. 

1827. 

D. 

1863. 

ELIZABETH, 

B. 

1829. 

I). 

1884. 

JANE IlENDERSON-JOHNSTON, 

B. 

1830. 



WILLIAM, .... 

B. 

1833. 

D. 

1856. 


limn. 


Of the children by the first marriage it is only known that Samuel and 
James moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they both died, the latter unmarried, 
and the former without issue. Samuel, who was a physician, died in 1851, 
and James, a lawyer, in 1848. 


Of the children of the second marriage, the daughters : — 


MARGARET 6 was married to Thomas S. 
Briscoe, of Maryland. She died on the 20th 
of August, 1863, leaving two daughters and 
one son, Samuel Maclay. 

JANE HENDERSON 6 , the third and 
last daughter of Samuel Maclay 6 , was married 
on the 15th of November, 1851, to Robert 
Clark Johnston, of Shippensburg, Pennsyl- 
vania. They moved to Iowa, where they 


resided four years, and then to Galesburg, 
Illinois, where she resided fifteen years. 
Mr. Johnston died on the 15th of December, 
1867. Mrs. Johnston now resides at Green- 
wood, Dakota. She had children 

Charles Maclay - b. 1860. d. 1862. 
Bessie Maclay - b. 1864. 

Benjamin Clark - b. 1866. 

Sarah Morse - b. 1868. 


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Of the children by the second marriage, the sons :- 



\ 




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CONFEDERATE ARMY. 
b. 1819. .0-^=$*®^-,. 

ROBERT PLUNKET MACLAY*, (son 
of Samuel *, William *, Charles 3 , John 3 , 
Charles 1 ,) the first son of Samuel Maclay 6 , by 
his second marriage, was born on the 19th of 
July, 1819, in Armagh, Mifflin County, 
Pennsylvania. He was educated at Lewis- 
town Academy, and in 1836 entered the 
United States Military Academy, at West 
Point, from which he graduated, in 1840, as 
Second Brevet. He served iu the war against 
the Florida Indians in 1840-42, and remained 
in the garrisons of Fort Brooke and Fort 
Marion, Florida, from 1843 to 1845. As 1st 
Lieutenant in the 8th Infantry, he went to 
Texas in 1846. During the Mexican M ar 
he was engaged in the battle of Resaca de la 
Palma, in which he was wounded. From 
1846 to 1847 he was engaged in the recruiting 
service. In the following year he returned 
to the seat of war and was engaged in the 
defense of Puebla. In 1849 he received his 
commission as Captain, and was stationed at 
Fort Worth, Texas. From this time he was 
stationed at seveial forts in Texas until the 
31st of December, I860, when he resigned 
his commission and entered the Confederate 
service. His first appointment in this 
capacity was Major of Artillery, and he was 
assigned to duty in the Trans- Mississippi 
Department. He was then placed on staff 
duty as chief of staff to Major-General J. G. 
W alker, commanding a division of Texas 
troops. In this capacity he served until the 
death of Brigadier-General Randal iu the 
battle of Saline River, Arkansas, when he 
was assigned to the command of that brigade. 
He was engaged in the battles of Mansfield, 
Louisiana, and Saline River, Arkansas. 

In 1852 General Maclay married Virginia 
Medora Nutt, of Mississippi. On the death 
of his first wife, he married Mary Allan, of 
New Orleans. They' are now living on a 
plantation near Waterloo Point, Louisiana. 
By his first wife there were born: Nannie , b. 


1853, now the wife of Dr. Clive N. Smith, 
of Smithland, Mississippi, and Albert, who 
died in infancy. 


B. 1822. 


D. 1863. 


CHARLES MACLAY*, son of Samuel 3 , 
William', Charles 3 , John 3 , Charles 1 ,) the 
second son of Samuel Maclay*, by his second 
wife, was born in January, 1822, in Reeds- 
ville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. In 
1853 he moved to Iowa and settled in 
Lyons, where he engaged in business. He 
afterward moved his residence to Clinton, of 
the same State, but still retained his business 
connections in Lyons. About 1856 he visited 
Mexico and spent three years there traveling 
for his health. He made many valuable 
notes on the ancient civilization of that 
country. Soon after his return to the United 
States he died in Clinton, Iowa, January 1st, 
1863. 

and refinement. 

On the 29th of May, 1846, he married 
Mary Louise Cox, of Shippensburg, Pennsvl- 
vania. She died on the 29th of January, 
1882. Thev had children: — 


He was a man of high literary culture 


Martha Pardex 
Elizabeth-Caxdee 
Norah 
Anne - 

Of these children: — - 


b. 1848. d. 1880. 
b. 1850. 

B. 1853. d. 1885. 
B. 1854. d. 1854. 


ELIZABETH JOHNSTON 1 was married to 
Henry A. Candee, of Mobile. Alabama, on the 3d 
of September, 1873. They had children : — 

Charles Maclay b. 1874. 

Marshall Maclay b. 1876. 

Robert Mallery - b. 1878. d. 1879. 

Henry Alexander b. 1880. 

Of the remaining sons of Samuel Maclay* 
we have very little knowledge, except that 
they died unmarried or without issue. David 
went to Texas where he died ; John died in 
Wilmington, North Carolina, and William iu 
Clinton, Iowa, soon after attaining his 
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gtuinie Robert |>. iptcudcuj. 


PENNSYLVANIA SENATE. 

B. 1799. .»-• — D. 1884. 

ROBERT PLUNKET MACLAY 5 , (son of Samuel \ Charley John', 
Charles',') the sixth and last son of Senator Samuel Maclay, was born on the 
19th of April, 1799, in Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania. He received 
his education in the academy at Bedford, Pennsylvania. In 1833 he was 
elected to the State Legislature and served until January 6th. 1836, when he 
was appointed by Governor Ritner as Prothonotary of Union County. He 
served in this capacity until 1839 when he was elected to the State Senate, 
where he remained until 1843. In the following year he moved to Clarion 
County and was appointed an Associate Judge of that county by Governor 
Johnston. In 1854 he went to Missouri, where for three years he was engaged 
in the construction of the Iron Mountain Railroad. In 1857 he returned to 
Clarion County, and in 1864, on the death of his brother-in-law, Dr. Joseph 
Henderson, moved with his family to Kishacoquillas, where he remained to 
the day of his death, August 16, 1884. 

Judge Maclay was the last survivor of the old stock; he was very tall, 
well proportioned, straight as an arrow, with an intellectual cast of countenance 
and nobly shaped head. As a man he always attracted attention ; his amiable 
and genial disposition and social qualities endeared him to all he met. He 
was remarkable for his conversational power and retentive memory. In 
politics he was a voter for Harrison in 1840, and for every Republican 
nominee. In religious affairs he was a Presbyterian, a firm believer in revela- 
tions, and had great veneration as he said “ for the plan of salvation as given 
in the four Gospels ; magnificently beautiful in its simplicity.” 

In 1825 he married Margaret Lashells, of Union County, Pennsylvania. 
She died in 1845. They had children: — 




SAMUEL RALPH, 

GEORGE LASHELLS, 

CHARLES, - - - 

MARY ELIZABETH-MACLAY, - 
WILLIAM PLUNKET, 

Of these children, the daughter : — 

MARY ELIZABETH* the only daughter cousin, the Hon. Joseph Henderson Maclay, 
of Judge Robert Maclay, was married to her as before stated. 


B. 1826. 

B. 1828. D. 1853. 
b. 1831. D. 1865. 
B. 1834. 

B. 1841. 



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Of the sons : — 

CCrtptatn gtamnel g. Ittartcnj* 

UNITED STATES ARMY. 

SAMUEL RALPH MACLAY* (son of 
Robert *, Samuel 4 , Charles 3 , John 1 , Charles' ), 
the first son of Judge Robert Maclay, was 
born on the 11th of April, 1826, in Buffalo 
Valley, Union County, Pennsylvania. He 
received his education in the common schools, 
and on the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted 
July 22d, 1862, in the 31st Missouri Volun- 
teers, and was mustered out on the 20th of 
November, 1864. He served in the battles 
of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Siege 
of Vicksburg, Resaca, Dallas, Kennesaw 
Mountain, Atlanta, Lookout Mountain and 
many others. For gallant service on 
the field he was promoted to the rank of 
Captain. On the 4th of March, 1851, Cap- 
tain Maclay married Sarah Cur 11 Riley, of 
Curllsville, Pennsylvania. She died Jan- 
uary 6th, 1856. On the 2d of November, 
1858, he married Elizabeth Ruth Casbly, 
of Fayette County, Iowa. She died on the 
21st of March, 1870. Captain Maclay is 
now residing at Mineral Point, Missouri. 
He had children : — 


By the first wife — 


Margaret Susannah 

b. 

1852. 

Mary Elizabeth - 

B. 

1853. 

By his second wife — 



Robert Plunket 

B. 

I860. 

Pleasant Jane 

B. 

1864. 

Evie Narcissus 

B. 

1866. 

Samuel Ralph 

B. 

1869. 


d. 1855. 
d. 1855. 



Of these children: — 

Robert 53. 

B. 1860. 

ROBERT PLUNKET MACLAY 7 , (son of 
SamueV, Robert 5 , Samuel 1 , Charles’ 1 , John 2 , Charles 1 ,) 
the first son of Captain Samuel R. Maclay 6 , was 
born on the 10th of May, 1860, in Shibboleth, 
Missouri. At an early age he moved to Wayne 
County. Iowa, and then to Mifflin County, Penn- 
sylvania. He received his education in Kishaco- 
quillas Seminary, and in 1880 entered the Blooms- 
burg State Normal School, Pennsylvania. He 
entered upon the profession of teaching in which 


he is now engaged, having been principal of the 
High School and instructor in the Normal Insti- 
tute. He resides at Potosi, Missouri. 

(Scorer £. piacltuj. 

B. 1828. o-*===®*®===*-«. D. 1853. 

GEORGE LASHELL MACLAY*, (son 
of Robert *, Samuel ", Charles s , John 1 , Charles',) 
the second son of Judge Robert Maclay, was 
born on the 28th of July, 1828, in Buffalo 
Valley, Union County, Pennsylvania. He 
received his education in Tuscarora Academy. 
He died on the 27th of October, 1853, ivliile 
teaching school in Sligo, Clarion County, 
Pennsylvania. He was not married. 

(fUjavice 

UNITED STATES ARMY. 

B. 1831. .O - 1 — ~ SSfe<g * (1. D. 1865. 

CHARLES MACLAY’, (son of Robert *, 
Samuel \ Charles 1 , John 1 , Charles'), the third 
son of Judge Robert Maclay, was born on the 
31st of August, 1831, in Belleville, Mifflin 
County, Pennsylvania. He received his edu- 
cation in Tuscarora Academy, and on the 
25th of September, 1861, enlisted in a 
Missouri regiment. He was engaged in the 
battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, 
Siege of Vicksburg, Resaca, Dallas, Kennesaw 
Mountain, Atlanta and Jonesboro. He was 
discharged on the 31st of October, 1864, as 
1st Lieutenant of Company B, of the 31st 
Missouri Volunteers. On the close of the 
war he returned to Pennsylvania, and died 
on the 25th of November, 1865, in Kishaco- 
quillas, from a disease contracted while in 
the army. 

On the 25th of December, 1857, Lieu- 
tenant Maclay married Nancy Owens, of 
Cadet, Missouri. There were born to 
them': — 


Margaret-Alexander 
William Pluknet 
John - 

Of these children : — 


b. 1858. 
b. 1860. 
b. 1862. 


MARGARET ELIZABETH 1 the only daughter 
of Lieutenant Charles Maclay, was married to 
Robert Alexander, of Mifflin County, Pennsyl- 
vania. There have been born to them: Lucy 
Maclay, b. March 5th, 1888. 












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SLlilliam V. placlatj, g. 

B. I860. 

WILLIAM PLUNKET MACLAY 7 , (son of 
Charles ", Robert 6 , Samuel*, Charles 3 , John 1 , Charles 1 ) 
the first son of Lieutenant Charles Maclay, was 
born on the 23d of July, 1860, in Washington, 
County, Missouri. He received his education in the 
Kishacoquillas Seminary and the State Normal 
School of Pennsylvania. In 1882 he entered La- 
fayette College and graduated with the degree of 
Bachelor of Arts in 1886. After being engaged in 
teaching two years he entered the St. Louis Law 
School. 

gioljn placlatj. 

B. 1862. .<>- • — 'S iSfcg :' — j o. 

JOHN MACLAY 7 (son of Charles ”, Robert \ 
Samuel*, Charles 3 , John*, Charles',) the second and 
last son of Lieutenant Charles Maclay, was born 
on the 16th of March, 1862, in Washington County, 
Missouri. He studied in the Lewistown Academy 
and the State Normal School of Pennsylvania. 
He now resides in Mineral Point, Missouri. 


©attain IgpUUam J&aclmj. 

UNITED STATES ARMY. 

WILLIAM PLUNKET MACLAY’ (son 
of Robert*, Samuel 4 , Charles*, John*, Charles 1 ,) 
the fourth and last son of Judge Robert 
Maclay, was born on the 4th of May, 1841, 
in Hartleton, Pennsylvania. He received 
his education in Tuscarora Academy, and on 
the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted, 
July 4th, 1861, in Company C, of the 62d 
Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was engaged 
in the battles of Yorktown, Hanover Court 
House, Antietam, Blackford’s Ford, Kear- 
neyville, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, 
Gettysburg, Frankstown, Rappahannock Sta- 
tion, Mine Run, Wilderness, Laurel Hill, 
Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. 
He received his commission as Captain, 
October 17th, 1862. He was discharged 
July 13th, 1864. Since the close of the war 
he has been traveling in the Western States. 
He is not married. 





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pcecenfcmtte of 

3-obn /Ibacla^, 

- ®f lloxbuvt).” 


ELIZABETH 5 , the first daughter of John Maclay, “Of Roxbury,” was 
born on the 21st of November, 1773. In 1795 she was married to William 
Reynolds, of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. She died on the 26th of June, 
1848. They had children: — 


ELIZABETIl-PLUMER, - 

B. 

1796. 

D. 

1860. (?) 

WILLIAM, - - - 

B. 

1798. 

I). 

1873. 

JOHN, .... 

B. 

1800. 

P. 

1865. 

MARGARET-McKINNEY, 

B. 

1801. 

1). 

1886. 

ELIZABETH MACLAY, - 

B. 

1803. 



NANCY JANE, 

B. 

1806. 

n. 

1882. unm 

CHARLES MACLAY, 

B. 

1811. 

D. 

1878. 

HUGH WILLIAMSON, \ r ■ j 
MARY CATHERINE, ( lmn * 1 

B. 

B. 

1814. 

1814. 

D. 

I). 

1878. 

1875. unm 


Of these children, the daughters: — 

ELIZABETH 6 was married to Alexander 
Plumer, of Westmoreland County, Pennsyl- 
vania. She died about 1860 without issue. 


Captain Pattib pUcphtncij. 





MARGARET 6 , the second daughter of 
Elizabeth Maclay and William Reynolds, 
was married on the 28th of October, 1828, 
to Abraham Smith McKinney, of Cumber- 
land County, Pennsylvania. She died in 
Peoria, Illinois, on the 20th of August, 
1886. They had children: David , Jeanette 
Smith , Abraham Smith , Elizabeth Maclay , 
William Reynolds, Anna Mary (who was 
married to Mr. Grier), Margaret Jane and 
John Reynolds; all of these children are now 
living except William and John. 



DAVID MC'KINNEY 7 (son of Margaret *, Eliza- 
beth*, John*, John 3 , John 11 , Charles ' ), the first son 
of Margaret Reynolds and Abraham McKinney, 
was born on the 5th of September, 1829, in Cum- 
berland County, Pennsylvania. He studied in 
Shippensburg and Chambersburg Academies, and 
in 1847 entered Jefferson College, graduating with 
the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1849. In Sep 
ternber, 1862, he enlisted in the 77th Illinois 
Volunteers, and was engaged in the battles of 
Chichasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, 
Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Jackson, Mansfield, 
and in the Red River campaign. He was pro- 
moted to the rank of 1st Lieutenant and Captain. 
He is now engaged in business in Peoria, Illinois. 


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Of the sons of Elizabeth Maclay 5 and William Reynolds : — 




fgPiUtam ffUtjnolfca. 

B. 1798 . .q-3=s>&< g — t. d. 1878 . 

WILLIAM REYNOLDS', (son of Eliza- 
beth *, John*, John *, John \ Charles 1 ,) the first 
son of Elizabeth Maclay, was born on the 5th 
of May, 1798, in Roxbnry, Franklin County, 
Pennsylvania. He studied in the schools of 
his native town, and early in life moved to 
Baltimore, Maryland, where for over forty 
years he was a merchant. lie married Rosa 
Ewell, of Virginia. He died in Nevvville, 
Pennsylvania, on the 4th of July, 1873. He 
had children: William, James Ewell, Hugh 
Williamson, Samuel Douglass, Sophia Doug- 
lass, Rosa Ewell and Richard. 


JOHN REYNOLDS’, (son of Elizabeth % 
John*, John*, John*, Charles',) the second son 
of Elizabeth Maclay, was born in January, 
1800, in Roxbury, Franklin County, Penn- 
sylvania. He resided in Roxbury until 1837, 
when he moved to Peoria, Illinois, where he 
lived to the day of his death, January 14th, 
1865. About 1829 he married Sarah Cooper, 
of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. They 
had children : William, Jane Cooper, Eliza- 
beth Maclay- Hancock and Ellen Mary- 
Morron. 


b. 1811 . .o-!==s^®==i-o. d. 1878 . 

CHARLES MACLAY REYNOLDS', 
(son of Elizabeth \ John*, John*, John*, 
Charles',) the third son of Elizabeth Maclay, 
was born in 1811 in Roxbury, Franklin 
County, Pennsylvania. During his life he 
lived in Roxbury, Baltimore, Peoria, Ship- 
pensburg and Philadelphia. About 1845 he 
married Jane Nevin, of Shippensburg, Penn- 
sylvania. He died on the 16th of July, 
1878, in Shippensburg. He had children: 
Elizabeth Maclay- Shryock, Mary Nevin- 
Knox, Blanche- Hill, Jane and MayCatlierine- 
Knods. 

B. 1814 . D. 1878 . 

HUGH WILLIAMSON REYNOLDS', 
(son of Elizabeth 6 , John*, John*, John*, 
Charles',) the fourth and last son of Eliza- 
beth Maclay, was born in April, 1814, in 
Roxbury, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. 
He studied in Hopewell Academy, and about 
1835 entered Jefferson College, graduating 
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1838; 
the degree of Master of Arts being conferred 
a few years later. He entered upon the 
study of law, practicing in Chambersburg 
and Peoria, Illinois. For some time he was 
editor of the Chambersburg Repository and 
Whig. About 1845 he married Margaretta 
P. McCalloh, of Chambersburg, Pennsyl- 
vania. He died in October, 1878, in Peoria, 
Illinois. They had children: William and 
Elizabeth Maclay. 



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THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MACLAY “OF ROXBURY.’ 


Of the sons of John Maclay, of Roxbury : — 

©aptaitt gramuel ptaclmj. 


UNITED STATES ARMY. 

B. 1772. ^===3*®==^. D. 1816. 

SAMUEL MACLAY 5 , (son of John', John?, John?, Charles',) the first 
son of John Maclay, “ of Roxbury,” was born on the homestead near Rox- 
bury, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1772. He entered the regular 
army and distinguished himself in the battles of Chippewa and Lundy’s 
Lane. He died in Boston about 1816, the exact date of his death being 
unknown. He was not married. 


Jloijn pi. ptaclmj. 



SHERIFF OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. 

B. 1789. D. 1823. 

JOHN M. MACLAY 5 , (son cf John', John 1 , John 1 , Charles',) the fourth 
son of John Maclay, “ Of Roxbury,” was born on the homestead near Rox- 
bury, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1789. On the outbreak of the War 
of 1812, he entered the army with his brother, Captain Samuel Maclay, and 
distinguished himself in the battles of Chippewa, July 5th, 1814, and Lundy’s 
Lane, July 25th, 1814. In Niles’ Register, Volume VI, p. 436, we find : 
“ Quartermaster John M. Maclay wounded severely, shot twice through the 
leg and a musket shot in the head just grazing the scalp.” In the Franklin 
Repository, for February, 9th, 1876, we find the following notice relative to 
the battle of Lundy’s Lane : “ The duties of Sheriff Maclay as Quartermaster 

did not require his active service as a soldier in the front, but his warlike 
spirit would not suffer him to remain idle. He procured a musket and rushed 
into the thickest of the battle. It is said of these last two named soldiers 
[John and Captain Samuel Maclay] that they stood undismayed amidst the 
hottest fire, and refused to be carried off the field when severely wounded, 
but continued to load their guns and cheer their comrades until the coflict was 
over. Sheriff Maclay, we are told, was a fine looking man, full six feet high. 
It is said of him, when canvassing the county for Sheriff, that he wore the 
same hat which he wore in the battle of Lundy’s Lane, perforated by three 
bullet holes.” In November, 1820, he was elected Sheriff of Franklin County, 
which position he held to the day of his death, which occurred in June, 1823. 
He was familiarly known as “ Long John ” Maclay, being a man of unusual 
physical and intellectual powers. He died unmarried. 








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UJUlimn Itladmj. 

B. 1791. ^r-s^gr-^-c. d. 1824. 

WILLIAM MACLAY 5 , (son of John*, John 3 , John}, Charles',') the fifth 
son of John Maclay, “Of Roxbury,” was born on the old homestead near Rox- 
bnry, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1791. We have little or no infor- 
mation regarding him, except that he died in 1824, unmarried. 


©ljari£0 placlatj> 


B . 1775. »a- * ~g )-^g rrr^ - 


D. 1809. 


CHARLES MACLAY 5 , (son cf John*, John 3 , John 2 , Charles',) the second 
son of John Maclay, “Of Concord,” was born on the old homestead near Rox- 
bury, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1775, where he spent his short life. 
In 1805 he married Mary Nevin, who was born on 23d of June, 1779. She 
was the fourth child of Daniel Nevin and Elizabeth Reynolds. Charles 
Maclay died about 1809. He left two children: — 


JOHN CHARLES, 
MARGARETTE-BROOKINS, 
Of these children : — 

MARGARETTE WILLIAMSON" was 
married to Dr. John P. Brookins, of Ship- 
pensburg, Pennsylvania, and moved to Ohio 
where they lived and died. They left one 
child, William Charles Maclay, who now 
resides in Eaton, Ohio. 

Dtolju <$. pXttcIrttj. 

B. 1806. d. 1862. 

JOHN CHARLES MACLAY", (son of 
Charles'', John*, John ", John a , Charles*,) the 
first and only son of Charles Maclay", was 
born on the 30th of November, 1806, in 
Roxbury, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. 
He availed himself to the utmost of the 
means of education at his command and on 
arriving at his majority went to Florence, 
Alabama, where, in August, 1830, he 
married Elizabeth Jane, daughter of William 
Duncan, of South Florence, Alabama. From 
this place John C. Maclay moved to Apa- 
lachicola in 1835, where he engaged in the 
cotton and banking business. He continued 
this business in St. Joseph, Florida, in 1836, 
at a time when it was a flourishing town. 
On the decline of that place he returned to 


b. 1806. i). 1862. 

b. 1808. d. 


Apalachicola, where he remained until the 
second year of the Civil War when he moved 
with his family to his son-in-law’s plantation 
on the Apalachicola River. He died at this 
place on the 18th of February, 1862. 

He was a man of fine intellect, well read 
and informed on all the literary subjects of 
the day. He took a great interest in politics, 
but refused nominations as he was somewhat 
retiring in his disposition. Benevolent, kind 
and gentle, he was respected and beloved by 
all who knew him. 

He left children : — 


William Duncan 

Mary-Coe 

Charles 

Of these children : — 


b. 1832. d. 1884. 
b. 1834. D. 1871. 
b. 1836. D. 1880. (?) 



MARY 7 , the only daughter of John Charles 
Maclay, was born in Apalachicola, Florida, in 
1834. In 1856 she was married to Dr. W. E. Coe, 
of Florida, and had three children : John, b. No- 
vember 19th, 1857 ; Jesse, b. September 7th, 1861, 
d. infancy, and Mamie, b. 1863, d. infancy. 

Mary Maclay-Coe died on the 12th of April, 
1871, in Manatu, Florida. Her son, John, is now 
living in Pensacola, Florida. 






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CONFEDERATE ARMY. 

B. 1832. D. 1884. 

WILLIAM DUNCAN MACLAY 7 , (son of John*, 
Charles 5 , John', John 3 , John 2 , Charles',) the son of 
John Charles Maclay 6 , was born on the 6th of 
September, 1832, in South Florence, Colbert 
County, Alabama. He moved with his parents to 
Apalachicola and St. Joseph, Florida. He entered 
Quincy Academy, Florida, where he remained till 
his fifteenth year, being among the highest in his 
class. On the 13th of February, 1856, he married 
Mary Louisa, daughter of the Rev. Benjamin 
Cropp, of Alabama. 

He engaged in the cotton and banking business 
until the outbreak of the Civil War when, in 1862, 
he enlisted in the 6th Florida Regiment. He was 
detached to Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was 
placed on General E. Kirby Smith’s staff as Assis- 
tant Adjutant-General, in which capacity he 
served throughout the war. 

In the general demoralization of the Southern 
States consequent on the close of the war, he was 
engaged in several undertakings. He died in 
Pensacola, Florida, on the 8th of August, 1884. 
His widow stills survives him, residing with her 
family in the city of Pensacola. There were bom 
to them : — 


Elma Louisa 
Elizabeth-Willis - 
Alice Rutlege - 
John Charles 
Benjamin Cropp 
Mary Emily 
Margarette Augusta 


b. 1856. 

B. 1859. 
b. 1861. 
b. 1865. 

B. 1869. d. infancy. 
B. 1870. d. 1888. 

B. 1875. 


Of these children, the daughters: — 

ELMA LOUISA* resides with her mother in 
Pensacola. 

ELIZABETH DUNCAN* was married on the 
1st of June, 1881, to Mr. Lewis Willis, of Pensa- 
cola. There have been born to them: Walker 
Dorr, b. March 13th, 1882, and Alice Rutlege, b. 
October 1st, 1884. 

ALICE RUTLEGE* resides with her mother in 
Pensacola. 

MARGARETTE AUGUSTA* also is at home in 
Pensacola, attending school. 

<$. JftacTatj. 

B. 1865. - o- 


JOHN CHARLES MACLAY*, (son of William', 
John 3 , Charles?, John', John 3 , John 3 , Charles',) the 
first son of William Duncan Maclay 7 , was born on 
the 24tli of August, 1865, in Quincy, Gadsden 
County. Florida. He received a thorough educa- 
tion in Christ Church High School, and upon 
graduating entered the lumber business in which 
he is engaged at this writing. 










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THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MACLAY ‘ OF ROXBURY.’ 


gtobert piaclrn). 


“OF CONCORD/ 

h. 1782 . •o_fc=r=®&®=A_ ) i. d. 1850 . 

ROBERT MACLAY 5 , (son of John*, John 3 , John 2 , Charles',} “Of 
Concord,” the third son of John Maclay, “Of Roxbury,” was born in the year 
1782, in Lurgan township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the old home- 
stead near Roxbury, where his grandfather, John Maclay 3 , “Of the Mountain,” 
settled in 1744. He availed himself to the utmost of the means of education 
offered in those days. At an early age he moved to Concord of the same 
county and established himself in the tanning business, which he successfully 
conducted to the end of his days. On the 20th of' June, 1805, he was married 
by the Rev. Alexander McElwane to Arabella, daughter of Alexander Erwin, 
of Anghnaeloy, County Tyrone, North Ireland. In 1814 lie marched with a 
company of militia to the defense of Baltimore, when that city was threatened 
by the British under General Ross. 

We are indebted to the late John M. Pomeroy, editor of the Franklin 
Repository, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, for the following account of 
Robert Maclay:*— 

“Robert Maclay who was for half a century a prominent and very 
influential citizen of Concord, was a member of a family that has long 
occupied a conspicuous position in the history of Franklin County and 
Central Pennsylvania. Although he was of Scotch descent, and his ancestors 
for several generations were office bearers in the Presbyterian Church, and he 
was educated strictly in that faith, as he has often told us, he became in early 
life attached to the Methodist Episcopal Church and continued an active and 
intelligent member of that denomination as long as he lived. lie was a man 
of imposing personal appearance, and any person would single him out in a 
crowd as being more than an ordinary man. The great object of his. life was 
to promote the cause of religion, and he was a zealous advocate of every 
measure which he thought would advance the interests of the Redeemer’s 
kingdom upon earth. Indeed, we have never known a more godly man or 
one who manifested in his life and conversation so much power of the Gospel, 
as did Mr. Maclay. lie exerted, by his presence, a marked influence on the 
community, and he was a tower of strength to the church of which he was a 
member. It was impossible for a person of any intelligence to hold any light 
or unprofitable conversation in his presence, nor would any one who had any 
regard for his character be guilty of any improper act on the Sabbath, if he 
were within the range of the eye of Mr. Maclay. And yet he did not lead a 
gloomy, secluded life, but was pleasant and cheerful in his habits of conversa- 
tion and was in all respects the highest style of man, an accomplished Christian 
gentleman. If we were to make any adverse criticism of him, at all, we would 
say that probably he was somewhat too rigid in both religious and political 
views. 

*See Franklin Repository for February 9th, 1876. 





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THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MACLAY “ OF ROXBURY.” 



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“ He never sought political distinction, but was rather adverse to it. The 
Democratic party, to which he was ardently attached, placed him on their 
ticket two or three times, against his wishes, for the Legislature, but he 
always happened to be on at the wrong time, and the last time he was nomi- 
nated he declined to accept.” 

He died on the 1st of July, 1850, at his residence in Concord, in his sixty- 
ninth year. His wife survived him twelve years, dying on the 24th of 
October, 1862, age seventy-six. There were born to them: — 


ELEANOR-POMEROYb 

B. 

1807. 

TL 

1846. 

MARY" HOLMES-McCLELLAND, 

B. 

1809. 

D. 


ARABELLA-WIDNEY, 

B. 

1811. 

n. 

1880. 

JOHN, 

B. 

1814. 



ALEXANDER ERWIN, 

B. 

1816. 

I). 

1875. 

ELIZABETH REYNOLDS-POMEROY, - 

B. 

1819. 

I). 

1874. 

CHARLES, ----- 

B. 

1822. 



ROBERT SAMUEL, 

B. 

1824. 



WILLIAM JAMES, 

B. 

1826. 

I). 

1879. 


Of these children, the daughters: 

ELEANOR 6 , the first daughter of Robert 
Maclay “ Of Concord,” was married on the 
11th of July, 1826, to Judge Joseph Pom- 
eroy of Juniata County, Pennsylvania. She 
died on the 18th of July, 1846. They had 
children : — 

John Nf.vin - - b. 1833. 

Arabella Erwin - b. 1835. d. 1839. 

Elizabeth-Frankhouse b. 1837. 

Robert Maclay - b. 1842. d. 1845. 

Of these children : — 

ELIZABETH NEVIN 7 was married on the 5th 
of January, 1857, to Jeremiah Frankhouse. They 
have children: Joseph Pomeroy, Adrienne. Elea- 
nor Maclay. Elizabeth, Mary Stuart, Charles, 
William and Agnes. 


glob** £1. 


B. 1833. 


entered upon mercantile life. He was president 
of the Juniata Valley Bank for several years 
but resigned in 1886. On the 24th of December, 
1867, he married Isabella Jane Kelly of Academia. 
Pennsylvania. They have no children. 


MARY HOLMES', the second daughter 
of Robert Maclay “Of Concord ” was mar- 
ried on the 10th of December, 1837, to 
Joseph McClelland of Franklin County, 
Pennsylvania. They moved to Edenburg. 
Lawrence County. They have children : — 


Thomas 

Robert Maclay - 
Joseph Alexander - 
John 

Arabella-Robinson 
Susan-McClelland 
Ele anor-McClelland 
Charles Samuel - 


b. 1838. k. 1864. 
b. 1839. o. 1869. 
B. 1841. 

B. 1842. 

B. 1844. 

B. 1847. 
b. 1849. 

B. 1852. 


Of these children, the daughters : — 




JOHN NEVIN POMEROY 7 , (son of Eleanor 
Robert i , John*, John?, John 3 , Charles 1 ,) the first 
son of Eleanor Maclay and Judge Joseph Pomeroy 
was born on the 26th of September, 1833, in Con- 
cord, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He re- 
ceived his education in Tuscarora Academy and 


ARABELLA ERWIN 7 was married on the 3d of 
January, 1872, to Taylor Robinson of Edenberg, 
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. They have 
children: Roy Holmes, b. March 16th, 1873, d. 
February 11th, 1878, and Sallie Maclay. b. Novem- 
ber 9th, 1875. 


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THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MACLAY “OF ROXBURY.” 


SUSAN MARY 1 , the second daughter of Mary 
Holmes Maclay was married to Brainard McClel- 
land on the 12th of October, 1876. They moved to 
Brownwood, Texas, and have children: Mary 
Algerita, b. September 2d, 1877 ; Alfred Royale, 
b. October 7th, 1878; Roswell DeWitt, b. October 
13th, 1880; Alice Jasmine, b. July 11th, 1882; 
Myran Hooker, b. January 13th, 1884; Stewart 
Maclay, b. October 25th, 1885; Winifred Violet , 
b. October 25th, 1885; Clive Wells, b. December 
5th, 1886. 

ELEANOR MARGARET 1 , the third and last 
daughter of Mary Holmes Maclay was mar- 
ried on the 14th of January, 1878, to Edwin 
C. McClelland. They have children: Joseph 
Holmes, b. October 1 1th, 1878 ; Anna Belle, b. 
July 14, 1880; and Thurman DeWitt, b. January 
12th, 1887. 


carora Academy. At the age of eighteen he went 
to Napa City, California, where he has since been 
engaged in mercantile business. On the 15tli of 
January, 1868, he married Anna Maria West, of 
New Jersey. They have no children. 

iloljn picGnellcmb. 

B. 1842. 

JOHN MCCLELLAND 1 , (son of Mary 1 ', Robert \ 
John*, John a , John \ Charles',) the fourth son of 
Mary Holmes Maclay and Joseph McClelland, was 
born on the 24th of November, 1842, in Roxbury, 
Franklin County, Pennsylvania. On the 28th of 
February, 1877, he married Margaret Quigley, of 
Shippensburg, and moved to Edenburg, Lawrence 
County, Pennsylvania, where he now resides. 
They have one son : — 



Of the sons : — 


Robert Maclay - b. 1879. 



®ljomao fijUlcffilcUanb. 


B. 1838. 


K. 1864. 


THOMAS MCCLELLAND 1 , (son of Mary 3 , Rob- 
ert s , John*, John 3 , John 2 , Charles',) the first son of 
Mary Holmes Maclay was born on the 18th of 
September, 1838, in Franklin County, Pennsylva- 
nia. On the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted 
and after serving in all the battles of the Army of 
the Potamac, was killed in the Battle of the Wil- 
derness, near Spotsylvania Court House, May 
10th, 1864. He was not married. 


Robert ijUlcdeUattb. 

B. 1839. .0-^==®^®===^. D. 1869. 

ROBERT MACLAY MCCLELLAND 1 , (son of 
Mary °, Robert \ John*, John 3 , John 3 , Charles',) the 
second son of Mary Holmes Maclay, was born on 
the 26th of October, 1839, in Franklin County, 
Pennsylvania. On the outbreak of the Civil War 
he entered the army, and served throughout that 
conflict. He died on the 29th of January, 1869, 
from disease contracted in the army. He died 
unmarried. 

g[00cpi) |$lc©leUrt»tb. 

B. 1841. .o-s=S)^®==!-<i. 


lUv. ©1)00. liU-CleU anb, 

B. 1852. •=r s ) ^(g r— > o. 

CHARLES SAMUEL MCCLELLAND 1 , (son of 
Mary \ Robert 3 , John*, John 3 , John 2 , Charles 1 ,) the 
fifth and last son of Mary Holmes Maclay, was born 
on the 16th of September, 1852, in Roxbury, Frank- 
lin County, Pennsylvania. He received his educa- 
tion in New Castle High School, and entered the 
classical course of the University of Wooster, 
Ohio, in 1873, graduating in 1877 with the degree of 
Bachelor of Arts, receiving the degree of Master 
of Arts in 1879. He then studied in the Western 
Theological Seminary, at Alleghany, and en- 
tered upon the ministry of the Presbyterian 
Church. In 1880 he was sent to Siam as a mis- 
sionary of his church, but in 1882 he was com- 
pelled to return on account of ill-health, returning 
to the United States by way of Europe, thus mak- 
ing a complete circuit of the world. He was 
called to Bethel Church at Inverness, Ohio, where 
he is now stationed. 

On the 28th of September, 1880, he married 
Mary Parry, of Pennsylvania. They have chil- 


dren : — 

Maud Snowden - b. 1882. 

Florence Eugenie b. 1883. 
Thomas Harold - b. 1885. 
Joseph Edgar - b. 1887. 




JOSEPH ALEXANDER MCCLELLAND 1 (son 
of Mary'', Robert h , John*, John 3 , John 2 , Charles',) 
the third son of Mary Holmes Maclay, was born 
on the 20th of February, 1841, in Franklin County, 
Pennsylvania. He received his education in Tus- 




ARABELLA", the third daughter of 
Robert Maclay, “Of Concord,” was married 
on the 28th of January, 1836, to Wilson 
Widney, of Piqua, Ohio. She died on the 
15th of February, 1880, in Los Angeles, 


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California; her husband died in Ohio in 
1852. They had children: — 


John - 

b. 

1837. 


Robert Maclay - 

B. 

1838. 


Mary Johnston 

B. 

1840. 

D. 1843. 

Joseph Pomroy 

B. 

1841. 


Arabella Erwin 

B. 

1S43. 


Charles Wilson - 

B. 

1845. 

d. 1850. 

Elizabeth-Leggett 

B. 

1848. 


William Wilson 

B. 

1850. 


Samuel Alexander 

B. 

1852. 




Of these children : — 

ELIZABETH 7 was married on the 2d of June, 
1874, to Joseph Leggett, counselor-at-law, of San 
Francisco. They have children : Joseph William, 
b. September 17th, 1876; Bessie Arabella, b. 
November 10th, 1877, Wilson Widney, b. Sep- 
tember 15th, 1882, d. 1884; Charles John, b. 
January 23d, 1886, d. 1886, and the twins, John 
Widney and Robert Maclay, b. September 20th, 
1888. 

pi. pHimctj, P 

b. 1838. o -* — g^c- g—^- o. 

ROBERT MACLAY WIDNEY 7 , (son of Ara- 
bella’ 1 , Robert i , John \ John 3 , John a , Charles 3 ,) the 
second son of Arabella Maclay and Wilson Wid- 
ney, was born on the 23d of December, 1838, in 
Miami County, Ohio. He studied in the public 
schools of his native town, and at the age of six- 
teen left Ohio and for two years, with axe, knap- 
sack and rifle, led an adventurous life in the 
Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. In 1857 he 
crossed over the mountains to Santa Clara, Cali- 
fornia, where, in 1858, he entered the University 
of the Pacific, graduating from that institution in 
1862 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts; the 
degree of Master of Arts being conferred upon 
him a few years later. Immediately upon gradu- 
ation he was elected Professor of Mathematics in 
the University of the Pacific. In 1865 he was 
admitted to the practice of law. Two years 
later he moved to Los Angeles, Southern Califor- 
nia, then a small town with but little com- 
munication with the outside world. Perceiv- 
ing the great natural beauty and advantages of 
the place, Mr. Widney settled there and bent his 
energies to the development of which is now con- 
ceded to be the “Garden Spot” of America. He 
immediately became associated with schemes for 
improvements, being elected the President of the 
first Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles. He 
called the first meeting for the establishment of 


the Methodist Episcopal Church in that place, and 
ever since has been closely associated with its 
growth. He contributed largely to the endow- 
ment of the University of Southern California, 
and was elected President of the Board of Direc 
tors, also President of the Annual Council. In 
1871 he was appointed Judge of the 17th Judicial 
District, and in 1876 he was admitted to practice 
in the Supreme Court of the United States. 

In 1888 Judge Widney visited Alaska, and in 
the same year his Alma Mater conferred upon him 
the degree of LL. D. At this writing he is President 
of the University Bank of Los Angeles, and has 
the management of the endowment of the Uni- 
versity of Southern California with its numerous 
branches, a fund reaching to four million dollars. 
Besides being the leading mover in other enter- 
prises, Judge Widney is president of the Hesperia 
Land and Water Company, one of the largest cor 
porations in Southern California. In 1889 he was 
appointed by the Bishops of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church, on the Commission of Fourteen, to 
frame the constitution for the Quadrennial Confer- 
ence of that church. 

In 1881 Mr. Widney published a book of 280 
pages on the Plan of Creation, besides which he 
has constantly written articles for leading periodi- 
cals on the resources and future of Southern Cali- 
fornia, also on the social and political issues of 
the day. 

On the 11th of November, 1868. Judge Widney 
married Mary Barnes, of Carthage, Illinois. They 
have children : — 


Mary Hellen - 
Robert Johnston 
Martha Frances 
Joseph Wilson 
Arthur Barnes 


b. 1869. 
b. 1871. 
b. 1874. 

B. 1879. D. 1884. 
B. 1884. 


goecplT p. pHMtctj. pi. gl., pi. g». 

DEAN OF MEDICAL COLLEGE. 

B. 1841. •»- »"•= S j%< S «. 

JOSEPH POMROY WIDNEY 7 , (son of Ara- 
bella e , Robert b , John \ John 3 , John 3 , Charles 3 ,) the 
third son of Arabella Maclay and Wilson Widney, 
was born on the 26th of December, 1841, in Miami 
County, Ohio. He studied in the Piqua public 
schools and the high school, and in 1861 entered 
the Miami University during the Sophomore year. 
Before graduating he transferred his studies to the 
University of the Pacific, graduating from that 
institution with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 
1864, the degree of Master of Arts being conferred 
upon him a few years later. He entered upon the 




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B. 1837. 


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JOHN WIDNEY 7 (son of Arabella'', Robert*. 
John'. John 3 . John. 1 . Charles 1 ,) the first, son of 
Arabella Maclay and Wilson Widney was born on 
the 14th of March. 1837, in Pi(|ua, Ohio, At an 
early age he moved to California by way of Pana- 
ma and located in Santa Clara, where he has been 
successfully engaged in mercantile pursuits to the 
present time, lie has been identified with the 
growth and development of Santa Clara Valley 
and has ever been regarded as the leader in all 
enterprises pointing to the prosperity of that sec- 
tion. He was elected the first treasurer of the 
City of Santa Clara, to which position he was re- 
elected for several terms. He has been a trustee 
of the University of the Pacific for the past twenty 
years, always being placed on the finance com- 
mittee where his eminent business talent has 
been employed with remarkable success. For the 
last' eight years Mr. Widney has held the position 
of Treasurer of that University. He was also ap- 
pointed a trustee of the House for Feeble Minded 
Children, a State institution, and has been an 
active member of its executive and visiting com- 
mittee. During the Civil War he was commis 
sioned 1st Lieutenant of the Santa Clara Light 
Infantry and took charge of the arms, amunition 
and armory. 

In religious affairs Mr. Widney is a Methodist 
having been a trustee and steward in that church 
for twenty years, also Treasurer and District Stew- 
ard for twelve years, all of which positions of high 
trust and responsibility he is now holding. In 
1887 Mr. Widney retired from his mercantile pur- 
suits which he has conducted with eminent suc- 
cess for over thirty years, and is now engaged in 
real estate enterprises, having won for himself 
the proud reputation of sterling integrity and un- 
blemished honesty. On the 3d of May, 1864. he 
married Sarah Ann Wyman of Vermont. They 
have children : 

Frank Seymour - - b. 1 866. 

Arabella Maclay - b. 1869. 

John - - - - b. 1871. d. 1872. 

Mary Elizabeth - b. 1875. 


Correction to sketch of Dean Widney. 

Dean Widney did not receive the degree of 
Bachelor of Arts. He was compelled to leave 
college before graduating, on account of ill health 
but afterward received the degree of Master of 
Arts. The Medical College of the University of 
Southern California was founded by Dean Wid- 
ney. but is being endowed and built by both the 
Dean and his wife from their private fortunes, 
not by the Dean alone as intimated in the text. 

Dean Widney was Acting Assistant Surgeon in 
the army, not Assistant Adjutant as stated. His 
first wife died in February, 1879. He is now 
Dean and Professor of Theory and Practice of 
Medicine of the Medical College of the University 
of Southern California. 







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THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MACLAY “OF ROXBURY.” 




profession of medicine taking his course at Toland 
Medical College, San Francisco, now the medical 
department of the University of California, grad- 
uating in 1866 with the degree of Doctor of 
Medicine. During the Civil War he served dur- 
ing the year 1862 in the Ohio Volunteers. After 
graduating in medicine he served as Assistant 
Adjutant-Surgeon in the United States Army 
during the years 1867-8. This service was chiefly 
in active practice work in the Indian Wars of 
Arizona. Retiring from the army in the Autumn 
of 1868 he entered upon the practice of his profes- 
sion in the City of Los Angeles where he has ever 
since resided. He has always taken an active 
part in the development of Southern California, and 
was for several terms president of the Los Angeles 
City Board of Education. He was one of the 
founders of the Los Angeles County Medical Soci- 
ety, a member of the State Board of Health and 
has for years been at the head of the Citizen’s 
Harbor Committee in the development of San 
Pedro Harbor. He was also an active member of 
the Chamber of Commerce. He originated and 
has been actively identified with the recent move- 
ment for the organization of the new State of 
Southern California, and also the movement for 
the acquisition of the Peninsula • of Lower Califor 
nia from Mexico. He was one of the founders of 
the University of Southern California, and trustee 
in a number of its colleges ever since the first or- 
ganization. He held for several years the pro- 
fessorship of English Literature in the College of 
Liberal Arts. In the year 1885 he organized and 
endowed the College of Medicine of the University 
of Southern California of which he is Dean. 

Dean Widney is the leading editor of the 
Southern California Practitioner, and is the 
author of the Climatic and Ethnological depart- 
ment of California of the South, published by 
Appleton & Co. He has published many magazine 
articles upon climatic,' race, commercial and 
economic questions; notably among these an 
article upon the geology and climatology of the 
Colorado desert, in which he first proposed the 
submersion of that desert from the sea below the 
level of which it lies. He has also contributed to 
the magazines many articles in general literature, 
sketches, essays and poems. In religious matters 
he is a Methodist, being an active member of that 
church, frequently preaching and lecturing as a 
layman. 

In May, 1869, he married Miss Ida D. Tuthill, 
of Santa Clara, California, who died in February, 
1879. Three children were born to them, all 
dying in infancy. He was again married Decem- 
ber 27th, 1882, to Miss Mary Bray, of Santa Clara, 


William Marcus, 

b. 

1876. 

Emma 

B. 

1878. 

Katie Bell 

B. 

1879. 

Mary Louise 

B. 

1883. 

Elizabeth 

B. 

1887. 

Erwin Wilson 

B. 

1888. 


California. There have been no children by the 
second marriage. 

HPiUicmt 333. 333ibm’tj. 

b. 1850. .a ■ — - s-:£cg — 

WILLIAM WILSON WIDNEY \ (son of Ara- 
bella 0 , Robert 11 , John*, John John 1 , Charles 1 ,) the 
fifth son of Arabella Maclay and Wilson Widney, 
was born on the 25tli of December, 1 850, in Piqua, 
Miami County, Ohio. He studied in the Piqua 
High School, and on the removal of his mother to 
California, in 1862, he entered the University of 
the Pacific, at Santa Clara. In 1868 he moved to 
Los Angeles, Southern California, and engaged in 
mercantile life until 1872, when he went into the 
real estate business in which he is now T engaged. 

On the 13th of May, 1875, Mr. Widney married 
Elizabeth Asceneth Serrot, of Bushville, Schuyler 
County, Illinois. They have children : — 

D. 1877. 


d. 1888. 


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B. 1852. .»_s=S)*-®==i-o. 

SAMUEL ALEXANDER WIDNEY 7 , (son of 
Arabella 6 , Robert °, John*, John 0 , John 0 , Charles 1 ,) 
the sixth and last son of Arabella Maclay, was 
born on the 15th of November, 1852, in Piqua, 
Miami County, Ohio. He moved to Calfornia in 
his ninth year and studied in the public schools of 
Santa Clara. He then entered the University of 
the Pacific, and in 1871 changed to the University 
of California where he remained two years, being 
one of the strongest debaters in that University. 
He entered upon a successful business career, and 
now resides in Los Angeles, Southern California, 
Mr. Widney has engaged largely in the temperance 
work, speaking frequently from the pulpit and 
platform. He was repeatedly tendered a preacher’s 
license by the Methodist Church, but refused it. In 
the presidential campaign of 1888 he took the field 
for the Prohibition ticket in Southern California, 
speaking three or four times a week before the 
largest audiences ever gathered in that section of 
the State; being the leader of the Prohibition 
movement in Southern California. He has 
written continuously ever since 1871, and 
has furnished many valuable articles to the San 
Francisco Call and Bulletin, the California Chris- 
tian Advocate, and other leading periodicals. 




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Mr. Widney moved from Santa Clara to Oak- 
land in 1871, and to Los Angeles in 1874, where he 
is now engaged in business. On the 21st of 
April, 1874, he married Anna Elizabeth Jen- 
kins, of Oakland, California. They have chil- 
dren : — 


Nina Belvidere 

B. 

1874. 


Ida Arabella 

B. 

1876. 


Samuel Freeman 

B. 

1881. 

D. 1881. 

Wilson Denmark 

B. 

1882. 


Mary Elizabeth - 

B. 

1885. 

D. 1886. 

Ruth Johnson - 

B. 

1888. 



24th of March, 1849, in Concord, Franklin County, 
Pennsylvania. He was educated in the schools 
of Academia, Pennsylvania, and at an early 
age moved to Shelby County, Iowa. In 1882 he 
was elected Treasurer of Shelby County, which 
office he held until 1886 when he was elected Mayor 
of Morning Sun for one year and of Shelby for one 
year. On the 2d of November, 1876, he married 
Mary C. McClukin, of Iowa. They have children : 


Elizabeth Nancy - b. 1878. 
William Henry - b. 1879. 
Loren Maclay - - b. 1881. 

Mary - - - b. 1887. 


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ELIZABETH REYNOLDS’, the fourth 
and last daughter of Robert Maclay 6 , “Of 
Concord,” was horn on the 11th of Febru- 
ary, 1819, in Concord, Franklin County, 
Pennsylvania. On the 30th of April, 1845, 
she was married to William Reynolds Pomeroy, 
the brother of Judge Joseph Pomeroy. She 
died April 4th, 1874. They had children: — 


Arabella-Diehl 
Henry Clay 
Robert Maclay 
Elizabeth Nevin 
John 

William Reynolds 


b. 1846. 

b. 1847. d. infancy. 
b. 1849. 
b. 1851. 

B. 1853. 

B. 1861. 


Of these children : — 


ARABELLA ERWIN 7 was married to Janies 
Diehl, of Adams County. 

ELIZABETH NEVIN 7 resides at home. 


glotjn |Jcrm*rr<nj, gi. 

JOHN POMEROY 7 , (son of Elizabeth \ Robert \ 
John \ John 3 , John \ Charles 1 ,) the third son of 
Elizabetli Maclay, was born on the 18th of Janu- 
ary, 1853, in Concord, Franklin County, Pennsyl- 
vania, He studied in the Tuscarora and Juniata 
academies, and in 1873 entered Dickinson College, 
graduating in 1876 with the degree of Bachelor of 
Arts. After teaching two years in Concord he 
moved to Shelby, Iowa, where, in 1880, he became 
the editor and proprietor of the Shelby News, 
which paper he has edited to this day. He has 
not married. 


JpCHlliant II. Pomerotj, 

B. 1861. 




Of the sons 

gem. Robert fSl. JTomtrrotr. 


B. 1849. 


■ — - Bjfrs » 


ROBERT MACLAY POMEROY 7 (son of Eliza- 
beth *, Robert *, John \ John 3 , John 3 , Charles',) the 
second son of Elizabeth Maclay, was bom on the 


WILLIAM REYNOLDS POMEROY 7 , (son of 
Elizabeth 6 , Robert 5 , John', John 3 , John' 2 , Charles'.) 
the fourth and last son of Elizabeth Maclay, was 
born on the 22d of July, 1861, in Concord, Frank- 
lin County, Pennsylvania. He studied in the 
Shippensburg Normal School and the Bloomfield 
Academy, and in 1882 entered Williamsport 
Seminary, graduating in 1885. 


Of the sons of Robert Maclay, “Of Concord ” : — 


item gioljit 

B. 1814. o— * c. 

JOHN MACLAY', (son of Robert, John*, 
John 8 , John s , Charles ',) the first son of 
Robert Maclay 6 , “Of Concord,” was born in 
Concord. Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on 
the 10th of March, 1814. He went through 
the common schools of Concord, and at the 
age of eighteen entered Dickinson College, 




at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. But close appli- 
cation bore heavily upon his constitution so 
that he was compelled to abandon his college 
course and go upon the old farm near Rox- 
bury. In 1837 he went into business with his 
uncle, James Erwin, in Nashville, Tennes- 
see, but ill-health compelled him to return to 
Concord. While on a visit to his sister, 
Mrs. Widney, in Ohio, he met the Rev. 
James B. Findly, of the Wyandotte Mission, 









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THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MACLAY “OF ROXBURY.” 





and became imbued with the missionary 
spirit, lie started for the far West, but the 
hardships of the journey were too much for 
bis delicate constitution. Returning to Con- 
cord he entered upon a theological course in 
Bush College, and receiving a license to 
preach was admitted into the Baltimore 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. 

In March, 1849, he married Georgiaua 
Griffith, of Baltimore, and in 1854 started 
for California, where he went into business 
with his brother, Charles, in Santa Clara. 
In 1859 he entered the California Conference 
and was appointed to Honolulu, Sandwich 
Islands, which had a congregation of foreign 
residents. 

Returning to California, in 1861, he was 
appointed to Placer County. At this time 
the Civil War broke out and he retired to 
Santa Claia, where he went into business 
with his brother, Charles. This, however, 
was swept away by fire, and retaining about 
thirty acres of foot-hill land he improved it 
as a fruit orchard, and is now living there in 
retirement. 

He was appointed presiding elder of the 
San Francisco district of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church South which he traveled for 
two years. But failing health admonished 
him to seek the quiet of his farm in Sara- 
toga, Santa Clara County. 

Mr. Maclay has written many newspaper 
and magazine articles, especially for the 
California Advocate and the Ladies' Reposi- 
tory. lie had children : — 

Minnie - - b. 1852. d. infancy. 

Robert Hall - b. 1856. 

Jennie - - - b. 1858. 

Henry Berry - b. 1860. 

Agnes - - - b. 1862. 

Of these children, the daughters: — 

JENNIE 7 , the second daughter of the Rev. John 
Maclay 0 , was born in 1858 and resides in Saratoga, 
California. 

AGNES’, the third daughter of the Rev. John 
Maclay 6 , also resides in Saratoga, Santa Clara 
County, California. 

Of the sons : — 

llohevt ■£). 

B. 1856. — ■ o. 


son of the Rev. John Maclay 6 , was born in Santa 
Clara, Santa Clara County, California, on the 20th 
of October, 1856. He went to Honolulu, Sandwich 
Islands, during the two years of his father’s pas- 
torate there, and, on returning to the United 
States, in 1861, entered the schools of the several 
towns of his father’s ministry, and in 1879 entered 
the University of the Pacific. He was appointed 
postmaster of San Fernando in 1887, and is now 
in that office. 

fjjemrtj g. JHaclatj. 

B. 1860. .n^==s.%< sr - — • c. 

HENRY BERRY MACLAY 7 , (son of John 3 , 
Robert 11 , John*, John 3 , John 3 , Charles 1 ,) the second 
son of the Rev. John Maclay 6 , was born on the 
12th of November, 1860, in Honolulu, Sandwich 
Islands. He came to the United States with his 
parents in 1861. He was educated in the schools 
of the several towns of his father’s pastorate, and 
engaged in business in Santa Clara County, Cali- 
fornia. 

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B. 1816. .o-i=s>*sr=*-<i. D. 1875. 

ALEXANDER ERWIN MACLAY', 
(son of Robert 6 , John*, John 3 , John 3 , Charles 1 ,) 
the second son of Robert Maclay 6 , “ Of Con- 
cord,” was born on the 30th of April, 1816, 
in Concord, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. 
He was educated in the schools of Concord 
and Shippensburg, and on attaining his 
majority was placed in charge of the old 
homestead near Roxbury, about twelve miles 
from Concord. Here in company with his 
brother, John, he held revival meetings, the 
farm house becoming the regular stopping 
place for Methodist preachers while on their 
circuits. In 1837, Alexander Maclay took a 
course in theology in Brush College. He 
then entered the Baltimore Conference and 
took up several circuits. About 1852 he 
went to California, locating in Santa Clara 
County. In 1854 he married Amanda 
Beale. He died on the 31st of July, 1875, 
in Saratoga, Santa Clara County. 

He left children : — 

Caroline Hill-Trogden b. 1855. 

John Charles - - b. 1860. 

Robert Samuel - - b. 1862. 

Ellen Pomeroy - - b. 1865. 



ROBERT HALL MACLAY 7 , (son of John 3 , 
Robert 6 . John*, John 3 , John 3 , Charles',) the first 


Of these children, the daughters: — 
CAROLINE HILL 7 , the first daughter of the 


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THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MACLAY “OF ROXBURY.” 


Rev. Alexander Erwin Maclay, was born on the 
2d of December, 1855. On the 27th of April, 
1887, she was married to Mr. W. H. Trogden, of 
Santa Clara County. One child, Arthur, was 
born to them. 

ELLEN POMEROY 7 , the second daughter of 
the Rev. Alexander Erwin Maclay 6 , was born on 
the 26th of January, 1865, and now resides with 
her brothers in Los Angeles. 

©. Sttarlaty. 

B. 1860. — • o. 

JOHN CHARLES MACLAY 7 , (son of Alexan- 
der 6 , Robert 3 , John*, John 3 , John 3 , Charles',) the 
first son of the Rev. Alexander Erwin Maclay 6 , 
was born on the 20th of January, 1860, in Stock - 
ton, San Joaquin County, California. He was 
educated in the schools of Santa Clara, and in 1888 
entered the University of Southern California. 

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b. 1862. .o- fa = - g)%< g — ■ 0 . 

ROBERT SAMUEL MACLAY 7 , (son of Alex- 
ander", Robert 6 , John*, John 3 , John 3 , Charles'. ) the 
second son of the Rev. Alexander Erwin Maclay, 
was born in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, 
California, on the 16th of November, 1862. He 
was educated in the schools of Santa Clara. After 
graduating from the High School he entered the 
University of Southern California in 1885. 

Senator ©ijarlce |5laclmj. 


State electoral ticket during President 
Lincoln’s second election. He was actively 
engaged in establishing the California 
Christian Advocate , and was present in the 
first conference of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church in California, held in a private dwell- 
ing at San Francisco. He also built the 
first Protestant church in Santa Clara, and 
was elected a trustee of the first college on 
the Pacific coast. 

In 1873 Senator Maclay moved to Southern 
California and settled near Los Angeles, pur- 
chasing a large ranch prior to the construc- 
tion of the Southern Pacific Railroad. He 
has been identified until the growth and de- 
velopment of that section of the State, and in 
1885 he established and endowed at San Fer- 
nando, a suburb of Los Angeles, the Theo- 
logical College of the University of Southern 
California, which has been named in his 
honor, “Maclay College” — the faculty of 
the college being subject to the approval of 
the Board of Bishops of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. He now resides at his 
home in San Fernando, California. 

On the 2d of March, 1851, Senator Maclay 
married Kate P. Lloyd, of Williamsport, 
Pennsylvania. They have children: — 

Thomas Lloyd - - b. 1852. d. 1866. 

Arabella-Moffit - b. 1855. 

Robert Holmes - - b. 1857. 

Mary-Griswold - b. 1860. 

Kate Paxton-Hubbard b. 1863. 

Josephine Lloyd - b. 1865. 


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CALIFORNIA SENATE. 

CHARLES MACLAY', (son of Robert 6 , 
John 4 , John*, John 2 , Charles 1 ,) the third son 
of Robert Maclay, “Of Concord,” was born 
on the 9th of .November, 1822, in Concord, 
Franklin County, Pennsylvania. As seen in 
his career he made the best use of the means 
of education at hand. In 1844 he joined the 
Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church, and was appointed agent for 
Dickinson Seminary, of Williamsport, Penn- 
sylvania, when that institution was established 
by Bishop Bowman. In 1851, Mr. Maclay 
moved to California and settled in San Fran- 
cisco, entering actively in the public affairs 
of that State. He was elected to the State 
Legislature on the Republican ticket in 
1861, and again in 1862, and from 1864 to 
1868 he was State Senator, serving two full 
terms. Senator Maclay was placed on the 


Of these children, the daughters:- — 

ARABELLA 7 , the first daughter of Senator 
Charles Maclay was born on the 1st of November, 
1855. On the 15th of October, 1874, she was mar- 
ried to Albert B. Moffit, of Santa Clara, California. 
He died in 1880 leaving three children: Charles 
Maclay, Grace Lloyd and Albert Hubbard. 

MARY ELIZABETH 7 , the second daughter of 
Senator Charles Maclay was born on the 12tli of 
January, 1860. On the 4th of June, 1877, she was 
married to Henry W. Griswold at San Francisco, 
California. They had one child, Sylvia, which 
died when three months old. Mr. Griswold is dead. 

KATHERINE PAXTON 7 , the third daughter of 
Senator Charles Maclay, was born on the 20th of 
February, 1863. On the 25th of November, 1885, 
she was married to Col. Henry C. Hubbard at San 
Fernando, California. They have two children : 
Catherine Porter and a son who died when only 
two months old. 












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THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MACLAY “OF ROXBURY.” 


JOSEPHINE LLOYD’, the fourth and last 
daugliter of Senator Charles Maclay, was born on 
the 25th of November, 1865, in Santa Clara, Cali- 
fornia, 

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ROBERT HOLMES MACLAY 7 , (son of Charles', 
Robert 6 , John*, John 3 , John 3 , Charles 1 ,) the second 
son of Senator Charles Maclay, was born on the 
27th of October, 1857. He received a thorough ed- 
ucation, and is now engaged in business in Los 
Angeles and in San Fernando. 

Bert gfc. gL gL 

DEAN OF MACLAY COLLEGE OF THEOLOGY. 


B. 1824. 


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ROBERT SAMUEL MACLAY", (son of 
Robert ", John \ John ", John 2 , Charles 1 ,) the 
fourth son of Robert Maclay, “Of Concord,” 
was born in Concord, Franklin County, 
Pennsylvania, on the 7th of February, 1824. 
He entered the preparatory department of 
Dickinson College, and graduated from the 
college in 1845 with the degree of Bachelor 
of Arts, receiving the degree of Master of 
Arts three years later. He entered the 
ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
and took a circuit in the Baltimore Confer- 
ence. In response to a call for missionaries 
he offered himself, and was appointed to 
China. Embarking at New York in the 
clipper ship Paul Jones, October, 1847, he 
arrived in Ilong Kong by way of Cape of 
Good Hope in February, 1848, and then 
made his way in a small coasting vessel to 
Foochow where he arrived in April. On the 
10th of July, 1850, he was married by the 
Right Reverend George Smith, Bishop of 
Victoria, to Henrietta Caroline Sperry, of 
Bristol, Connecticut. 

In 1852 Mr. Maclay w r as appointed Super- 
intendent and Treasurer of the mission, which 
office he held throughout his residence in 
that country. In connection with the Rev. 
C. C. Baldwin, D.D., he prepared an Alpha- 
betical Dictionary of the Chinese language in 
the Foochow dialect, a book of 1160 pages. 
In 1860-61, after an absence of thirteen 
years, he visited his native land with his 
family. At the request of the Missionary 
Board he wrote a book, “ Life Among the 
Chinese.” In 1861 he returned to his field 





of labor. In 1862 his Alma Mater conferred 
upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. 

In 1868, Mrs. Maclay with her children 
came to America for better educational facil- 
ities, while in 1872 Dr. Maclay returned to 
the United States by way of London and 
Europe, and rejoined his family in New 
York. During his stay in London he was 
the guest of Sir William McArthur, sub- 
sequently Lord Mayor of London. In 1873 
Dr. Maclay was requested to establish a 
mission in Japan. He arrived there in June 
1873, being the first missionary of his 
denomination to settle in that country. 
The mission rapidly grew until now it is 
one of the most successful missions of his 
church. He was appointed on a Union 
Committee of five, representing the Protes- 
tant missions in Japan, to translate the New 
Testament into the native language, which 
was completed after several years of 
labor. 

In 1879 Dr. Maclay was prostrated by 
the sudden death of his gifted wife. 
In 1881 he was appointed a delegate from 
Japan to the Ecumenical Council of Method- 
ism held in London, September, 1881, 
at which he w r as invited to speak. Re- 
turning to Japan by w r ay of America, he 
married Miss Sarah A. Barr, of San Fran- 
cisco, California. In 1883 he was elected 
President of the Ei Wa Gakko, an institution 
founded by the Methodist Church in Tokio, 
Japan, comprising the Philander Smith 
Bibical Institute and an English Academical 
Department. In 1884, at the request of the 
Missionary Board, he visited Corea, long 
known as the “ Hermit Nation,” and obtained 
from the king permission to open missionary 
work in the educational and medical depart- 
ments of the kingdom. Thus was Dr. Maclay 
a pioneer missionary of Methodism in three 
great heathen nations — China, Japan and 
Corea. 

In 1888 he visited America as a delegate 
to the General Conference held in New York 
City. In April, of the same year, he was 
elected Dean of Maclay College of Theology 
of the University of Southern California, at 
San Fernando, California, twenty miles north 
of Los Angeles, an institution founded by his 
brother, Senator Charles Maclay. This 
position Dr. Maclay accepted, and in Octo- 
ber, 1888, after forty-one years of successful 
missionary work, he began his duties as an 
educator. 


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By his second marriage there was no issue. 
Bv his first wife Dr. Maclay had children : — 


Robert Hall - 

b. 1851. 



Ellen Henrietta 

b. 1852. 

D. 

infancy. 

Arthur Collins 

b. 1853. 



Charles Sperry - 

B. 1854. 

D. 

1869. 

Clara Isabella 

B. 1856. 

D. 

1860. 

George Hugh Erwin 

B. 1859. 

D. 

1878. 

Alice-Cooper - 

B. 1860. 



Edgar Stanton 

B. 1863. 





Of these children : — 

ALICE MINNETTE’, the only daughter of 
Dean Maclay to arrive at maturity, was mar- 
ried on the 7th of February, 1877, to the Rev. 
William B. Cooper, of Jackson, Mississippi. Their 
only child, William Barnes, died in Rome, Italy, 
in 1878. Mr. Cooper died in Brooklyn, New York 
State, in 1885. Mrs. Cooper now resides in Los 
Angeles, California. 

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B. 1851. 

ROBERT HALL MACLAY’, (son of Robert \ 
Robert 5 , John \ John 1 , John*, Charles',) the first 
son of Dean Maclay, was born on the 16th of May, 
1851, in Foochow, China. There being no means 
of education outside of the home circle, his 
mother, Henrietta Sperry Maclay, instructed 
him and his brother, Arthur, in the studies pre- 
paratory to the classical course in college. In 
1860 he came to America with the family on a 
visit, and returned to China in 1861. In 1868 his 
mother brought him to America with the other 
children in order to complete their education. He 
entered Pennington Seminary, New Jerrey, with 
his brother, Arthur, and in 1869 they entered the 
classical course of Wesleyan University at Middle- 
town, Connecticut. In 1871 Robert Maclay trans- 
ferred his course to Syracuse University, at Syra- 
cuse, New York, where he graduated with the 
highest honor in 1878 with the degree of Bachelor 
of Arts. He immediately started for Shanghai, 
China, and entered the American firm of Russell 
& Co., and with his command of the Chinese 
language rapidly attained a high position. 

In 1876 he received the degree of Master of Arts 
having written a thesis, placed before the faculty 
of the University, and subsequently published 
under their authority in the Methodist Quarterly 
Review, on the “Ancient Classical Literature of 
the Chinese.” In 1879 he was appointed co-Judge 
with the Chinese Mandarin in the Anglo -Cliinese 
Civil and Criminal Court of Shanghai. This he 
resigned in 1880, also his position in Russell & Co., 


and proceeding to Tientsin, the sea-port of Peking, 
he went into business, where, under the style of 
Pethick, Maclay & Co., doing an extensive trade 
with New York and London. He was also ap- 
pointed by President Hayes as official interpreter 
of the Chinese language in the American Civil and 
Criminal courts of Shanghai and Tientsin from 
1879 to 1885, which position he resigned in Febru- 
ary, 1885, owing to his approaching departure for 
England. In 1885 the firm became Maclay & Co., 
and has so continued to this day, Robert Pall 
Maclay having bought out all his partner's interest 
in the firm. In 1886 he went to London via Suez 
Canal. He is now in London carrying on business 
with China. 

JiVrtljur C. IJlaclatj, 


B. 1858. 




ARTHUR COLLINS MACLAY’, (son of 
Robert *. Robert 6 , John \ John 3 , John 2 , Charles 1 ,) 
the second son of Dean Maclay, was born in Vic- 
toria, Hong Kong Island, on the 14tli of August, 
1853. Like his brothers he was prepared for a 
classical course in college by his mother, Henri- 
etta Sperry Maclay. In 1860 he came to the 
United States with the family via Cape of Good 
Hope, and returned to China by the same way in 
1861. In 1868 his mother brought him to America 
via Japan and the Isthmus of Panama, for the 
purpose of completing his education. After a 
year in Pennington Seminary, in the State of New 
Jersey, he entered the classical course of Wesleyan 
University, Middletown, Connecticut, in 1869, at 
the age of sixteen where he remained four years. 
He received the degree of Master of Arts in 1876. 
In 1873 he went to Japan by way of San Fran- 
cisco, and for eight months taught in the 
government school at Hirosaki, the northern 
part of the Empire. Resigning this position 
he secured an appointment as instructor in the 
Imperial College, at Tokio, which he held for 
two years, at the end of which time he ac- 
cepted a similar position in Kioto, in the central 
portion of the empire. After four months he re- 
signed this position having determined to return 
to America and enter upon the study of law. He 
returned by way of India and Europe, traversing 
those countries thoroughly. He entered Columbia 
Law School, in New York City, in 1878, and 
graduated in 1880 with the degree of Bachelor of 
Laws ( cum laude). He commenced the practice 
of law in New York City, and entered largely into 
the political campaigns of his city and state. He 
was elected for a term of three years on the Exec- 
utive Committee of the Young Republican Club, 


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of Brooklyn, which organization has proved 
one of the most influential political clubs of 
the country. In religious faith he is a Congrega- 
tionalist, having united with Henry Ward 
Beecher’s church in 1885. He is the author of 
a “Budget of Letter’s from Japan,” Armstrong, 
1886, which won the highest encomiums of over 
seventy press notices, and “ Mito Yashiki, ” A 
Romance of Old Japan, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 
1889. 

On the 10th of April, 1882, Mr. Maclay married 
Jessie, daughter of Timothy S. Sperry, of the city 
of Brooklyn. They have children: Lillian, b. 
1883, and Jessie Florence, b. 1885. 

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D. 1878. 



1885, and in May, of the same year, went to Ger- 
many, France and England where, for over a 
year, he was engaged in researches in American 
history. In July, 1886, he returned to America, 
and in December of that year took the degree of 
Master of Arts, on examination. At this writing 
he resides in Brooklyn, New York State. 

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE. 


B. 1826. 


D. 1879. 


GEORGE HUGH ERWIN MACLAY 7 . (son of 
Robert °, Robert* , John*, John 3 , John 3 , Charles 1 ,) 
the fourth son of Dean Maclay, was born in 
Foochow, China, July 19th, 1859. Like his 
brothers, he was prepared for a classical course in 
college by his mother. He came to America in 
1868, via Japan and the Isthmus of Panama, and 
studied in Pennington Seminary, New Jersey, for 
one year and then in the public schools of New 
Haven, Connecticut, and in New York City. In 
1873 he went to Japan with the family. There 
his preparatory studies for college were continued 
under his mother. In 1876 he returned to 
America and entered the classical course in the 
University of Syracuse, at Syracuse. New York. 
Near the close of his Sophomore year he was 
seized with the typhoid fever and died on the 12th 
of March, 1878. He was a youth of unusual 
brilliancy of intellect, his power of oratory arous- 
ing the admiration of all who heard him. He is 
buried in the family lot in Greenwood Cemetery, 
Brooklyn, New York. 

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B. 1863. .i>-=a=s>%(B — -■ o. 

EDGAR STANTON MACLAY 7 , (son of Robert \ 
Robert ‘, John', John 3 , John 3 , Charles 1 ,) the fifth 
and last son of Dean Maclay, was born in Foochow, 
( diina, on the 18th of April, 1863. He came to 
America at the age of four with his mother, and 
resided in New Haven and New York City till 
1873, when he went to Japan with the family. 
There he prepared for college under his mother's 
instruction until her death in 1879. He returned 
to the United States in 1880, and entered the clas- 
sical course of Syracuse University in 1881, hav- 
ing taken a year preparatory studies under Prof. 
Edick of that city. He completed his course in 


WILLIAM JAMES MACLAY’, (son of 
Robert 6 , John \ John ’, John 1 , Charles 1 ,) the 
fifth son of Robert Maclay, “Of Concord,” 
was born in 1826, in Concord, Franklin 
County, Pennsylvania. He was educated 
in the academies of his native town, and 
entering Dickinson College, graduated from 
that institution in 1847. He entered upon 
the ministry of the Methodist -Episcopal 
Church, becoming a member of the Bal- 
timore Conference. In 1862 he was trans- 
ferred to the California Conference, filling 
pulpits in San Francisco, San Jose, Marys- 
ville, Napa and Oakland. He was for two 
years presiding elder of the Napa district, 
and filled the Methodist pulpit in that city 
for three years. For five years he was 
president of the University of the Pacific. 
In May, 1872, he was elected a delegate 
to the General Conference held in Chicago, 
and represented the Methodists of Califor- 
nia in that quadrennial body. As a min- 
ister he was enthusiastic, earnest and de- 
voted, and won many hearts by his consis- 
tent Christian life and the amiability of his 
disposition. Being a clear thinker, a ready 
debater and a man of good judgment, fear- 
less in upholding the right, he took high 
rank among his ministerial brethren and 
his fellow citizens. 

In 1875 he was compelled by ill-health 
to relinquish his duties as minister and 
became a member of the firm of J. A. 
McClelland & Co., of Napa City. Since 
then he spent most of his time in mer- 
cantile pursuits, occasionally preaching on 
the Sabbath in different parts of the valley. 
On the 26th of July, 1879, he received 
the nomination for Assemblyman, unani- 
mously tendered by the Republican con- 
vention, and immediately thereafter en- 
tered upon a vigorous campaign, the result 
being a triumphant election on the 3d of 
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he was stricken with paralysis of the brain, 
from which he died on the 14th of Novem- 
ber, 1879, in Napa, California. The an- 
nouncement of his death cast a profound 
gloom over the city, every flag being half- 
masted, for few citizens have won such 
wide-spread respect as William Maclay. 

On the 25th of December, 1852, he mar- 
ried Mary A. Wyman, of San Jose, Califor- 
nia, by whom he had five children. She 
died on the 20th of September, 1870. 
William J. Maclay married a second time, 
Alina Hardy, of Joliet, Illinois, on the 9th 
of July, 1872. 

Children of Hon. William J. Maclay and 
Marv A. Wyman : — 


Erwin Russel - 
Mary-Mather 
Catherine 
William Seymour 
Frederick Napa 


b. 1853. d. 1859. 
b. 1856. 

B 1858. D. 1879. 
B. 1863. 

B. 1868. 


Children of Hon. William J. Maclay and 
Alina Hardy: — 


Otis Hardy 


b. 1873. 


Of these children : — 

MARY ELIZABETH 7 was married on the 26th 


of April, 1876, to Thomas Wylie Mather, of Scot- 
land. They have one child, Mary Catherine, b. 
March 28th, 1880. 


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B. 1863. -o— * 

WILLIAM SEYMOUR MACLAY 7 , (son of 
William' 1 , Robert 6 , John', John *, John *, Charles 1 ,) 
the first son of the Hon. William J. Maclay to 
arrive at maturity, was born on the 8th of July, 
1863, in Nevada County, ( California He received 
his education in Napa College and entered upon 
the study of law, but abandoned it on account of 
ill-health, for mercantile pursuits. On the 10th of 
February, 1887, he married Louise Migliaracea, of 
Napa, California. 

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B. 1868. 

FREDERICK NAPA MACLAY 7 , (sou of Wil- 
liam*, Robert ", John', John*, John*, Charles 1 ,) the 
second and last son of the Hon. William J. 
Maclay to arrive at maturity, was born on the 3d 
of November, 1868, in Napa, California. He re- 
ceived his education in Napa College, and is at 
present on the staff of the Napa Journal. 









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ERRATA. 


P. 27. Nannie instead of Ann Dorsey. 

P. 32. Portage railroad not Pontage railroad. 

P.36. Samuel Grier not Gries. John Fassett, b. 1852 not 1851. Robert Samuel (2), b. 1860 not 1858. Margaret 
Elizabeth, b. 1857 not 1860. Thomas James Maclay was married, January 23d, 1852 not February 23d, 1852. 

P. 42. Van Vliet not Vleit. William R. £)eWitt, b. Dec. 5th not 6th. He attended the General Convention in 
1889 not 1880. 

P. 44. Rev. John DeWitt was not pastor of the First Presbyterian of Pittsburgh for two years as stated. He 
was pastor-elect of the Third Church for several months, but was not installed as pastor. The state of Mrs. DeWitt’s 
health compelled his removal to another city. 

P. 46. Dr. William M. Awl had children : John, Mary Maclay, Woodward, Maggie and Jennie. 

P. 47. General Garrick Mallery, “was appointed Captain of the 1st U. S. Infantry,” should read “in the 1st 
U. S. Infantry.” 

P. 48. “ North American Indians with some Comparisons,” not “ Comparison.” James Heron not John Herron. 
One r in Heron. 

P. 53. Dr. Samuel Maclay’s first marriage was in 1827, not 1824. His first wife died July 3d 1863. He married 
Mrs. Harriet Gwin on the 22d of November, 1864. She d. June 28th, 1886. Ellen Sophia not Margaret. 

P. 54. William P. Maclay, b. 1852 not 1851. His first child, William Clyde (not Paul), b. November 6th not 
December 7th. 

P. 55. Levi S. Clover not Lords. Reed’s Academy not Keed’s. 

P. 56. Hon. Joseph H. M aclay had one child, Margaret Lashells. John Maclay, d. 1835 not 1855. His son Samuel, 
d. 1833; and Charles, d. 1835, and William P., d. 1848. 

P. 57. Jane Henderson, b. 1832 not 1830. Mr. Johnston, d. November 25th not December 15th. 

P. 58. Gen. R. P. Maclay, b. February 19th not July. He was also engaged in battles of Palo Alto and Pleasant 
Hill. His daughter married Clive N. Smith not Dr. Clive N. Smith. 

P. 64. Eleanor- Plumer not Elizabeth Plumer. 

P. 65. Knode not Knoods. McCulloh not McCalloh. 

P. 67. Margaret Brookins, d. 1877. Mary Maclay-Coe’s first son was John Maclay Coe. She d. in Manatee, 
Florida, not Manatu. 

P. 70. Mary Holmes Maclay-McClelland, d. 1873. 

P. 71. Thomas DeWitt not Thurman DeWitt. Florence Eugenie, d. 1886. 

P. 72. Joseph Pomeroy Widney, not Pomroy. 

P. 73. Rushville not Bushville. Kate not Katie. William W. Widney is one of the Trustees of the Endowment 
Fund of the Maclay College of Theology. In politics he has always been a Republican. 

P. 74. John Pomeroy studied in Tuscarora Academy, Juniata county, but not in J uniata Academy. He taught 
one year in Concord, not two. 

P. 78. Charming Williams, not William Barnes. George Hugh Erwin, b. in 1858 not 1859, and Alice Minnette, 
b. 1859 not 1860. 

P. 79. Edgar S. Maclay took the degree of M. A. in 1887 not 1886. 

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